Xabi Alonso said that his impressive record against Bayern Munich counts for nothing ahead of Bayer Leverkusen's all-Bundesliga clash in the Champions League. (More Football News)
ꦿUnder Alonso, Leverkusen are unbeaten in their six matches against Bayern across all competitions, winning three and drawing the other games.
🐻They have also kept a clean sheet in three of their last four against them, after not keeping any in their previous 15 games beforehand, conceding 42 goals in those games.
🦄But despite Alonso's run of results against Bayern, it is Vincent Kompany's side who hold an eight-point advantage over the Bundesliga champions in the top-flight.
💮The two teams have met three times this season, with Leverkusen registering the only victory in their DFB-Pokal clash back in December.
🎶"There is no secret," Alonso told reporters. "The last game against Bayern means nothing to us for tomorrow, they bring us nothing.
♐"Tomorrow is the next game. It's always the most important. We're preparing as always.
🎃"Of course, we know it's the Champions League, it's a bit different from the Bundesliga. The first game is in Munich, and we're expecting a hard, intense game."
💃This will be the first ever meeting between Bayern and Leverkusen in a major European competition, with Alonso hopeful of a better result than the last the Werkself faced German opposition outside the Bundesliga.
❀Leverkusen last faced a German side in the 2007-08 UEFA Cup, when they were defeated 3-2 by Hamburg.
ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚAnd despite his excellent record, Alonso knows his team are facing a club which has won six European Cups, and Bayern now look on course to win the Bundesliga title.
💯"It's clear the situation, we know, and we have a lot of respect for FC Bayern, for history and now also in this moment," Alonso said.
🎶"They have played a very good season, and we are in a good moment.
♌"We are ready to have a very, very tough fight tomorrow, and again next week, and we come here to be competitive, to bring a good game."
