LEVERKUSEN, April 17 — Hours after sealing Bayer Leverkusen’s maiden Bundesliga title win, coach Xabi Alonso told thousands of delirious fans “we want more”, laying down a...
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With a German Cup final meeting with second-division Kaiserslautern already booked for May 25, Leverkusen’s next task is Thursday’s trip to London to face West Ham in their Europa League quarter-final second leg. This season, Alonso has repeatedly said the club needed to be patient, even as the Bundesliga title grew more and more likely.On Sunday, he pushed talk of Thursday’s West Ham match away, saying: “Now is the moment to celebrate and enjoy it all.”
West Ham have only kept one clean sheet in their past 18 fixtures — although that did come against German opposition in their 5-0 drubbing of Freiburg in the last-16 second leg at the London Stadium.Alonso’s focus on the treble has been widely adopted by Leverkusen’s squad, with several players reminding fans that the season was not over on Sunday night.
Despite his long absence, Boniface is Leverkusen’s top scorer this season, with 18 goals in all competitions.
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