After the end of the super streak, master coach Xabi Alonso's main focus is on coming to terms with the first Bundesliga defeat in more than 15 months. "It was a long series, but now it's over, there's no more record," said the Bayer Leverkusen head coach after the incredible 3-2 defeat against RB Leipzig despite taking a deserved and commanding 2-0 lead. "We made very big mistakes after going 2-0 up and we have to learn from those mistakes," said the 42-year-old after the game. Leverkusen had previously gone 35 Bundesliga games without defeat.
"It's interesting for me to see how the team deals with it. Unfortunately, there's an international break and I won't have the players in the dressing room tomorrow," said Leverkusen's coach. He was probably disappointed, but not necessarily surprised, that his team were not yet at their best against Leipzig after the narrow victories in the Super Cup against VfB Stuttgart, in the Bundesliga opener in Mönchengladbach and in the cup in Jena.
