"Lived it. Loved it. Farewell beautiful game." The caption was poetic, the accompanying picture — a greyed scene and Xabi Alonso taking one last wistful glance back over his shoulder at an ...

Xabi Alonso has backed his Bayer Leverkusen team to repeat Liverpool's famous "Miracle of Istanbul" as they look to recover a 3-0 deficit against Bayern Munich in the Champions League last 16.

Munich (Germany) (AFP) – Bayer Leverkusen boss Xabi Alonso lamented his side's self-inflicted errors in Wednesday's Champions League last-16 3-0 loss at Bayern Munich, saying his side needed a ...