It must be admitted that Leverkusen is still covered by luck, a fairly dramatic victory with a final score of 3-2. Signs of decline have not been seen from the squad coached by Xabi Alonso, his cool hand is still working very well, at least for the first week of the Bundesliga. Florian Wirtz confirmed that he is a player who can make a difference, and in my opinion his quality is in accordance with his current market value.
Agree. The match almost ended up with a draw result, luckily Wirtz could score in minute 90+11'. It was just 2 minutes before the end of the match. But Wirtz actually failed to score from penalty kick in minute 90+9'. He may regret it if he couldn't score a goal in minute 90+11'. However, Wirtz is the man of the match in this match.
I also don't see a decline in team performance of Leverkusen. They still dominated the match and made many attempts. But Xabi Alonso needs to make Leverkusen game be more effective. The shot accuracy of the players should be improved. So, they won't miss so many chances and can optimize every chance to be goals.
Leverkusen actually did not too dominate the course of the match, but the statistics of the number of shots they released were quite a lot.
Leverkusen won the ball possessions 58%, they made 25 shots (8 on target). How do you conclude that they didn't dominate the match? According to the stats, it is clear that Leverkusen really dominated the match.
It makes sense to say that Leverkusen still has the potential to be champions this season, but let's see how Bayern Munich, their main competitor, will play their match tomorrow.
Indeed. Leverkusen has a chance to win again Bundesliga trophy. However, it is to early to talk about this, we can't determine the chance from a single match. I think we need to see the results of the next few matches. Then, we can analyze which team to have better chance winning the trophy of Bundesliga this season.