To talk it all over with me are two top flight guests former bundesliga player michelle didnt say. These very own jonathan brand welcome to the show now lets take a look at whats coming up in todays show. Leverkusen are back to where they belong this season among the leading pock their form has impressed and theyre on a mission to continue their oh ho ho down. The leipzig needed to nip their lackluster performances at home against a pattern of her insight from season has been average to stephen. Laver couzens poor start to the season is a distant memory they travel to hanover on the back of a twelve game unbeaten streak and among the leading pack this is in stark contrast to their hosts the ninety six ers have only managed to one win and their last six bundesliga games are suffering with a string of injury worries sang about on home turf hung over are a tough team to beat. Hanover spans were hoping for a Christmas Present but go getter much in heinecke was out with a stomach bug laverick was in for their part missing their top scorer kevin fall and the visitors still came out swinging loans ben did to you liam browns one nil but their celebrations had hardly calmed down when hanover answered yulian caught up in hospital for the equaliser. Then felix klaus got brought down in the box and after consulting the video replay the referee awarded a questionable penalty because food for converting the kick to give hanover a two one lead. But only briefly in the twenty fifth minute ive near met maybe made it to all in this action packed affair and just before the half time interval it was klaus who hit the target to put hanover in front once again three two the first time this season the house of scored three and a half. At the restart later because it brought on leon bailey and it took the jamaican just two minutes to pull the sides level again. I what a display of speed from one of the foreign players in the bundesliga and he was at it again twenty minutes later bagging a brace to make it four three i four away goals wouldnt be enough for a laver couzin win. In the dying minutes cohen brown did out the four all scoreline in this pre christmas extravaganza. Now its time for our sunday conversation on match day seventeen and with me our former bundestag a player at michel and of course his very own Jonathan Crane now im actually going to start with you michel how surprised are you by leverkusen this season i never expect to be scams what they did. Today was perf. It was a great game for us as a visitor and no hellish he has everything under control except from the beginning of the season didnt win five games i think four or five games and thats why im very very surprised of all of what political isnt it about bad star fans probably were thinking oh my god were going to have a bad season right we had last year when we finished troth but theyve quietly gone under the radar already what do you think their secret to their success has been jonathan. I think its been a few things but if we summarize it more would its goals that the highest score is in the been this leak they create that pay c we saw that today leon bailey getting a gold on the break four goals and that was without thats what score a kevin fallen was on the bench and that brings me to my second point theyve got such a strength in depth and headers has been able to rotate hes got so many good Players Union brands. And yet the players are still delivering theyre all working together hes instill a sense of teamwork in the team they work for each other they came from behind a bit today as well they were two one down so i think well see deserves a lot of credit and now you mention someone who i want to ask michele about of course leon bailey no two goals today how far do you think he can go. I dont think that he will stay a long time in germany because to actually today especially today he he did a tremendous job two goals and he has the score another one an easy goal but he is a perfect perfect player in his age and hes so young and i know that some big clubs they are behind him and i dont like i said i dont think that he will stay long to join the singing for much longer now leverkusen of course are going into the winter break forth realistically jonathan what you think they can aim for the season as mr strong there a lot will depend on whether they can keep hold of the on by even before he moved to lave accusing from dank last year clubs with sniffing around in england were hearing chelsia interested in him leverkusen really need to keep hold of him to the end of the season at least if they want to kind of challenge the Champions League momentum is another important thing troves games unbeaten its brilliant but what happens after the winter break i mean michel you probably know as a player its tough very difficult situation after this when debris definitely have to be on top guys we could be talking about leverkusen well into the evening well into tomorrow morning but were going to be there for the moment because we have of course another game to take a look at and of course that was like they were in need. Three points if they were to avoid slipping further away from leaders byron munich a run of three games who died away and saw them give up a second spot in the table to shout hatta on the other hand are feeling confident after their midweek win against hanover overall their form this season has been remarkably poor the last time around but they had one player familiar to leipzig with a point to prove. Davey celcom left light sick after making just two starts last season today he was in the first eleven for the six game running. And it took him just six minutes to punish his former employer the young german has now schooled in half of his appearances for him. But just one minute later his side suffered a setback jordan torn a rega brought down t. Mo van a red card slip a movement from the light six tried to buy the foul. But had to persevered as a free kick found solomon clues to nail despite being down to ten men. In the second half celko struck again this time from a corner. One man down three goals up. Taunting the red bulls with a kiss of the baggage. When lex extolled through captain to the obama it looked like nothing more than a consolation three won. But in the ninety second minute a bull over the top put like six within a goal of a draw. Three two the final score a painful finish for light six muscle helston bag. But a night to remember the davies celko. Guys i think we should start by taking a look at the bundesliga table at the end of much day seventeen. And no change at the top with eleven points ahead of shellac and then look at third fourth fifth and sixth spot for teams with twenty eight points its a tight race this season and look down the other end and of course then the bottom is cologne still dead last and braman round the relegation zone minds and stood guard dangerously close to the drop now im going to start with michelle because i want to ask you do you think its fair to say that the excitement this season is the race for second. Very close so close like you say the fall teams are twenty points so but i prefer at the moment to chuckle because playing great to just go has everything under control he changed so many things in this club and if you remember last year so much trouble in this club but. As a newcomer. He had all this. What Everybody Needs in this club he really should take a lot of credit because clearly. So much passion and hes come in and hes kind of rein that in hes also instilled in new team spirit in that squad brought out the best in some players who self confidence is maybe flagging and they are the comeback kings theyre enjoying their football which is the most important things that they like to see them up there and doing so well in the course is plenty of other teams in the mix were already talking about leverkusen but anyway were going to move on jonathan whats the main talking point for you so far this season i think one month ago because hes kind of the common link between two of the other talking points. And hes come in now dormant who would have expected that for a man who had won a single blues league or dame with colognes and then join a team that was supposed to be challenging for the tide so these companies sorted out the defense which was a big problem not fully there yet but i think the real test for them will be the cup match against by munich on wednesday then well see how far theyve really come on the big big match for them of course and they would really need that win a supposed to give them a good boost the confidence of change everything for the first part of the season so if they win everything is good but not perfect so and then you have to second half of the season and then you can change immediately coming back maybe on second position but its a long long way yeah exactly its a long way to the end of the season lets not forget that of course the break can change everything for many teams now michelle what about you what do you think how do you think the relegation battle is shaping up as being focused very much on the top and the table but you know cologne youve mentioned theyre down there at the bottom and things arent looking very good me as a former some poly player for us i hope that hamburg as i were again. I know i know its boring but we would like to see them in a second they accidentally have to pick their re in hamburg but no they are six teams its a very very close run like in the on the top of the table the same but they have to be careful everything is coming off that i went to breaks old soul soul and if you dont. On the whole in your high level then you will be one of these one of these teams because you dont like several teams down there and you think well once even these across america is four of the last five teams a good portion of christmas have gone down in the worst of a stout Inverness League in history i really think theyve done for they seem to be planning for the future of really young scored by necessary necessity young young starting lineup because of the injuries theyve got i think now they will be thinking ok lets lets hope that that called on is coming back so makes everything very real quick question number give me a one two for this season and give me your one team for this in im going to go before bryan and i think im going for baron and dark and garnett dormant thats great guys thanks so much for all your input well thats a full time for the ball in this league its of thank you to our guests tonight michelle didnt say jonathan will be back in the new year with plenty more action the first born this new the weekend is in january so happy holidays to everybody and all the best in twenty eighteen. 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