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Xabi Alonso was pleased with his Bayer Leverkusen gamers after they produced a resolute defensive efficiency to earn a 1-1 Bundesliga draw at Bayern Munich.
After Robert Andrich gave Leverkusen the lead, Bayern’s Aleksandar Pavlovic levelled with a surprising half-volley from 25 yards out which gave goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky no probability.
Bayern, who had received all 4 of their earlier league video games below Vincent Kompany, had 18 photographs to Leverkusen’s three and virtually 70% of the possession.
That’s the fewest photographs Leverkusen have tried in any of their 98 aggressive matches below Alonso, whereas additionally they generated simply 0.07 anticipated targets (xG) to Bayern’s 1.32.
Regardless of their lack of attacking menace, Alonso was delighted together with his facet’s defensive resilience, saying: “The vitality and perception at Bayern is completely different to final season, they’re going full throttle with and in opposition to the ball.
“That was very powerful at this time. We might be pleased with the purpose. I wanted extra vitality from the staff.
“I’m pleased with that. We have been able to endure and we did that. We want the self-discipline and keenness of the gamers.
“It wasn’t simple, we didn’t have management of the ball. It was a problem to defend. The purpose is necessary… The entire staff did very effectively. We hardly had an opportunity to breathe however I’m very pleased with my gamers.”
Leverkusen midfielder Granit Xhaka, who supplied the help for the opener, stated their important technique was to be compact and deny Bayern alternatives to attain.
“We’re self-critical. If you happen to rating three targets each sport, that’s not sufficient. If we play effectively at this time and change gears, we are able to do one thing,” Xhaka stated.
“Defensively, we put in a superb efficiency. The objective at this time was to be compact and concede little. You’ll be able to actually do extra with the ball and everybody is aware of that we are able to do extra. If somebody had instructed us earlier than the sport that we might get some extent, we might have taken it.”
Leverkusen will subsequent flip their consideration to the Champions League, after they host AC Milan on Tuesday.
