Xabi Alonso believes Bayer Leverkusen delivered their most complete performance in the Bundesliga despite being held to a goalless draw against Stuttgart on Friday. (More Sports News)
Leverkusen missed the chance to close the gap at the summit of th🌌e league table, despite dominating proceedings at the BayArena throughout.
The hosts twice struck the woodwork in either half through Edmonꦰd Tapsoba and Victor Bonifa𝓡ce, while Florian Wirtz was denied by a wonderful stop from Alexander Nubel late on.
Leverkusen ended the contest with an expected goals (xG) total of 2.19 compared to Stuttgart's 0.28, further emphasising the superiorit🍷y they had over their opponents.
The result saw Alonso's side produce their second-highest underperformance in terms of their xG since the Spaniard took over the club in 2022, though the Leverkusen boss was happy with his side's di♛splay.
"We are unhappy. We thought we had done enough to win it," Alonso said. "We pressed well. Our players showed♛ a 🌱lot of energy to press a lot.
"We created a lot of 🗹chances in the first half. But we also had chances in the second half."
"Maybe the most complete performওa꧂nce from us even though we did not score. It was a top game.
"From Monday we focus on Liverpool. A big game, to play in Anfield," said the former Liverpool playeꦦr.
Bu🌱t Leverkusen's struggles away from home continued. Alonso's side have now just won one of their last five league 🌜games, drawing the other four.
They remained thꦗird in the Bundesliga table, but are♏ now four points behind RB Leipzig and Bayern Munich, who now both have a game in hand.
"It is still early in the season," Alons👍o said when asked about the growing gap with the league leaders. "There are enough games. We want to keep going.&q🅷uot;
