After defeating Werder Bremen 5-0 on Sunday, the German team made history as Xabi Alonso guided them to their first-ever Bundesliga championship. Granit Xhaka, a former Arsenal player, was a key member of the Leverkusen club that won the title. He scored a goal in the team’s victory over Ԁie Werderaner.
After the game, as Leverkusen celebrated their historic victory, full-back Jeremie Frimpong made fun of Xhaka’s previous employers by telling the midfield player on Instagram Live, “We won it, done it! You won it here, and you come from Arsenal.”
Victor Boniface’s penalty kιck in the 25th minute got Leverkusen going in the first half, and Granit Xhaka’s spectacular left-footed drive from 25 meters out gave him his first goal (60th). Florian Wirtz’s incredible hat-trιck (68th, 83rd, 90th) sealed Bayer’s victory.
With five games left, Xabi Alonso’s team can no longer be caught atop the Bundesliga rankings after this 25th victory in 29 championship days. They are still on track to be undefeated at the end of the season.
Bayern Munich, therefore, has to give back their champion title after dominating for eleven years. For the first time since Borussia Dortmund’s championship in 2012, the Bavarians have not taken home the “Meisterschale.”
Despite going undefeated in the league thus far this season, Alonso’s team pulled off the unimaginable by snapping Bayern Munich’s 11-year winning streak. The ‘Neverkusen’ curse, which was attributed to the team that placed second four times in six seasons at the beginning of the 2000s, was also lifted by the Spaniard.
The freshly crowned German champions will play their next match on Thursday, traveling to West Ham for the second leg of their quarterfinal Europa League match.
Xhaka, who cost £21 million to move from Arsenal to BayArena last summer, may wind up winning three games at the conclusion of the campaign because Leverkusen will also play Kaiserslautern in the DFB-Pokal final in May.
On Sunday, Bayer Leverkusen secured their first-ever German championship title. Granit Xhaka’s colleagues made sure they were crowned by defeating Werder Bremen 5-0.
