Bayer Leverkusen has officially ended their unbeaten streak with a defeat to RB Leipzig. Coach Xabi Alonso believes that Leverkusen’s defense was subpar in this match.
Leverkusen had several advantages against RB Leipzig in this game. Xabi Alonso’s team led 2-0. However, defensive lapses allowed Leverkusen to lose the lead in the second half.
After the match, coach Xabi Alonso called for his team’s defense to be more solid.
“We will take away both the positives and negatives from this game. We played well in the first half. We were happy with that and wanted to maintain it in the second half. But we lost control in the second half and allowed Leipzig too much space. Our defense was not good.
We want to attack together, but we also need to defend together. We will try to improve after the international break.
Of course, it’s painful not to capitalize on our chances today. In the end, we lost because Leipzig took their chances better. It was a good match, but we needed to score more. We will continue to work on this in training.
We will learn from these mistakes. It’s not ideal to let the opponent come back after leading 2-0. But this is a process. The season has only just begun.”
Leipzig has halted Leverkusen’s unbeaten run at 35 games. Thus, Leverkusen’s unbeaten streak in the Bundesliga finishes in third place, behind Hamburg’s 36 matches and Bayern Munich’s 53 matches.