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Chris Flanagan

Why a Liverpool vs Bayer Leverkusen Europa League final is starting to feel inevitable, as the Xabi Alonso links rumble on

Xabi Alonso, formerly of Liverpool, now managing Bayer Leverkusen.

The clock was ticking down at the BayArena, and the game seemed to be slipping out of Bayer Leverkusen's grasp. The German side had fallen 2-0 down against Qarabag of Azerbaijan, and their Europa League dream looked to be coming to an end.

They'd been 2-0 down in the first leg of their Europa League last 16 tie too – set for their first defeat of the season, in any competition – only for Florian Wirtz and Patrik Schick to rescue a 2-2 draw in Baku. The latter scored in the 92nd minute, to the disappointment of the 30,000 crowd.

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