Liverpool fan-favourite Xabi Alonso made a stellar start to management as his Bayer Leverkusen side made light work of Schalke in what was the Spaniard's first ever game as a senior manager.
Alonso does have a healthy amount of coaching experience given he was previously in charge of Real Sociedad's B team prior to his appointment in Germany on Wednesday. But one thing on his to-do list this summer in his first senior position will be to try and keep hold of the man who scored the opening goal of the game: Moussa Diaby.
The 23-year-old French international has attracted plenty of interest from some of Europe's biggest clubs and Premier League giants Arsenal were rumoured to be weighing up a mammoth £70million-bid for him in the summer window just gone but a deal failed to materialise.
