"Bayer" repeated the record of the number of matches without defeat in the top-10 leagues of Europe in the 21st century.
Xabi Alonso's team has not lost 43 games in a row. In the 2011/12 season, "Juventus" of Turin played the same number of games without defeat.
On April 14, Leverkusen became Germany's champions for the first time. After the victory over Werder (5:0), "Bayer" was unreachable for rivals.