Alonso has been able to retrace the team step by doing what he has to do to keep the team up and running, the team was revamped very fast because at the begining of the season Leverkusen performance was as if they weren't ready for the business for the season but all of a sudden they started winning matches, everything went back to normal like the other season, I think Alonso has to be given acolade for a great and good work done, with the recent performance of Alonso's team, I don't think Bayern will maintain the lead in the league standings till the end of the season because 4points difference is not a big deal and if we consider the inconsistency of Bayern, Leverkusen may surpass them in points soon to occupy the first position if they dont buckle up very fast.
Dortmund has always been like this, though things can still change in time coming but for now I don't really understand the team, as a team I think sometimes people should atleast be a bit sure of what may likely be your result in a particular match but in the case of dortmund everything seems very confusing, for Durmund, unless they improve then they can be among the major contenders, presently we have Leverkusen and Bayern but Leverkusen is my favourite.
Xabi Alonso is one of the best coaches in current era with his ability to learn from mistakes and doing suitable changes give good advantages to him right now we have good competition at the top with resurgence of Bayer Leverkusen giving challenge to Bayern Munich and their performance in Champions League is also amazing after few poor results they bring themselves in limelight which is surely the best comeback for them now after this break second half could be more interesting while can these two giants go through, or we will have some changes at the top.
Dortmund is surely one of the consistent club, but we have confusing performance for them in current season with in last 10 games we have long list of draws and loses which are making them not suitable for top race but still we can expect them to stay in hunt for top four spots because we have few clubs which are not doing right performance and also having inconsistency.