Xabi Alonso says Bayer Leverkusen’s unbeaten run is “a consequence of a good job” after they progressed to the Europa League semi-finals with a 3-1 aggregate victory over West Ham United.
Xabi Alonso says ’s unbeaten run is “a consequence of a good job” after they progressed to the Europa League semi-finals with a 3-1 aggregate victory over . Alonso’s team fell behind to ’s early header and struggled to meet their usual standards in the first half, while the hosts created several additional chances.
Speaking to TNT Sports, head coach Alonso said: “We were expecting that West Ham have really good players, good energy, credit to them. They were totally different to how they were in Leverkusen. “Not to show a soft mentality in a tough moment is very important because if you want to progress in Europe and reach semi-finals and hopefully a little bit further, you need to deal with difficult moments as well because it is not always possible to control the 90 minutes.
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