Another Leverkusen goal in the set-up. I couldn’t believe we did it again, Alonso said

Bayer Leverkusen’s coach Xabi Alonso said after Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Stuttgart that it is difficult to explain why his players manage to keep up with unfavorable developments in the score. The last time Robert Andrich succeeded in the sixth minute of the set time. His goal extended Leverkusen’s unbeaten streak to 46 games.

“You don’t really see something like this every day in football. It’s hard to explain,” Alonso said in an interview with Sky television. This season, Leverkusen has already scored 10 goals in regulation time, with which they equalized or even won the game.

Andrich’s goal in the 96th minute became the second-latest his team scored in this league season. Later, only Josip Stanišič made his mark last Sunday, when he secured a 1:1 draw for his team at Borussia Dortmund in the seventh minute of stoppage time.

Alonso ran along the touchline after the goal last week to celebrate with his players. This week, however, he stood and smiled after Andrich’s goal. “I was a little emotional last week, but this time I just couldn’t believe we did it again.” declared the 42-year-old Spaniard.

Alonso’s counterpart, Stuttgart manager Sebastian Hoeness, was disappointed that the referee allowed the clock to run after the end of extra-time in a hectic and highly emotional game, after which Leverkusen scored a goal. “It was four minutes, then it was five minutes,” described and added: “In my opinion, the free kick should not have been allowed.

Leverkusen won only two major trophies before this season. So far, he has won the German Cup once and won the Europa League once. However, at the beginning of April, it fought its way to the first league title in its 120-year history. Moreover, Alonso’s charges are still on the way to a remarkable treble.

In the semi-finals of the Europa League, they will face AS Rome, the first match will be played on Thursday in the Italian capital. Alonso’s team also made it to the final of the German Cup, where they will face second division Kaiserslautern. The Czech Filip Kaloč also starts for him.

The article was originally published for Livesport Zprávy.