Xabi Alonso‘s Bayer Leverkusen made German soccer historical past with their 2-1 win over Mainz – making it 33 video games unbeaten in all competitions.
The Bundesliga leaders went 11 factors away from reigning champions Bayern Munich on Friday (February 23) due to screamers from Granit Xhaka and Robert Andrich to interrupt Bayern’s 32-game unbeaten report and turn out to be the one German membership in historical past to be unbeaten in 33 consecutive matches in all competitions.
The membership proceed to edge nearer to a maiden league title and are breaking data on their option to it – however there’s one report at present out of their attain and within the arms of Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola.
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The Champions League is again for the spherical of 16 as English hopes relaxation on defending champs Manchester City and Arsenal.
But can Manchester City win it once more with giants Real Madrid, PSG, Barcelona and Bayern Munich nonetheless within the competitors.
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The Spaniard spent three years with Bayern Munich from 2013 to 2016 – the place he managed Alonso for 2 of these years – as he gained the league title each season he was with the membership.
While he was unable to say a Champions League title, Guardiola was completely dominant within the Bundesliga, racking up a report of 82 wins, 11 attracts and 9 losses within the league.
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The imperious type of Bayern underneath the previous Barcelona boss manifested itself right into a historic 53-game unbeaten streak within the Bundesliga that begun underneath the stewardship of ex-manager Jupp Heynckes.
The report commenced in November 2012 and upon the German’s departure the following summer season, it continued underneath Guardiola all through nearly everything of the 2013/14 league marketing campaign earlier than they had been overwhelmed by 1-0 by Augsburg in April 2014 to convey an finish to the record-breaking streak.
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Alonso nonetheless has a possibility to match and even break the report however would require him to stick with Leverkusen subsequent season or maybe leap ship to Bayern to share the report between the 2 golf equipment.
However, he is been warned by former Bayern boss Julian Nagelsmann that managers do not get a lot time on the membership to really develop, citing Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool and Guardiola at Man City as golf equipment that afforded their managers ample time to create nice groups.
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In an interview with German outlet Der Speigel, the Germany supervisor mentioned: ‘I used to be signed by Bayern with the proviso that I might change issues.
“There are clubs that give you time. Jurgen Klopp was at Liverpool for five years before he became champion there for the first time.
“Pep Guardiola solely gained the Champions League title with Manchester City after seven years. The coaches at Bayern Munich do not get as a lot time to develop one thing.”