LEVERKUSEN, Germany, April 15, (AP): It’s "Neverkusen” no more.
Coached by Xabi Alonso, Bayer Leverkusen won the Bundesliga title for the first time Sunday to end Bayern Munich’s 11-year reign as champion.

In the end, it wasn't even close - Leverkusen leads second-place Bayern by 16 points after stretching its German record unbeaten run to 43 games across all competitions this season.
Florian Wirtz scored a hat trick as Leverkusen routed Werder Bremen 5-0 and the game ended with a pitch invasion Sunday to secure the club’s first-ever German league title with five games remaining.

"It’s indescribable ... I don’t think it’s possible, or I can’t even realize it yet,” Wirtz told broadcaster DAZN.
"I need a little more time in the locker room to get my head around what we’ve achieved. But yeah, so far it’s just been nice to party outside with the fans and also have a bit of a party in the locker room.”

Fans had already stormed onto the field when Leverkusen scored its fourth goal with seven minutes to go, and the final minutes were played in thick red smoke from supporters’ pyrotechnics while players on Leverkusen’s bench clapped along to songs, danced, and hugged one another.

The fifth goal in the 90th brought more fans onto the field - hundreds this time - and the referee ended the game amid confusion and jubilation. Thousands of supporters crowded the field waving flags, flares, and cardboard copies of the Bundesliga trophy.
Leverkusen finally shed its reputation as perennial runner-up after five second-place finishes in the league and one in the Champions League.