Bayer Leverkusen's Spanish head coach Xabi Alonso speaks during a press conference, at the Anfield stadium, in Liverpool, north west England, on November 4, 2024, on the eve of their UEFA Champions League football match against Liverpool. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Bayer Leverkusen's Spanish head coach Xabi Alonso speaks during a press conference, at the Anfield stadium, in Liverpool, north west England, on November 4, 2024, on the eve of their UEFA Champions League football match against Liverpool. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Bayer Leverkusen's Spanish head coach Xabi Alonso speaks during a press conference, at the Anfield stadium, in Liverpool, north west England, on November 4, 2024, on the eve of their UEFA Champions League football match against Liverpool. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Bayer Leverkusen's Spanish head coach Xabi Alonso speaks during a press conference, at the Anfield stadium, in Liverpool, north west England, on November 4, 2024, on the eve of their UEFA Champions League football match against Liverpool. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Bayer Leverkusen's Spanish head coach Xabi Alonso speaks during a press conference, at the Anfield stadium, in Liverpool, north west England, on November 4, 2024, on the eve of their UEFA Champions League football match against Liverpool. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Bayer Leverkusen's Spanish head coach Xabi Alonso speaks during a press conference, at the Anfield stadium, in Liverpool, north west England, on November 4, 2024, on the eve of their UEFA Champions League football match against Liverpool. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Supporters use the turnstyles to enter the ground ahead of the English Premier League football match between Fulham and Brentford at Craven Cottage in London on November 4, 2024. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP) (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)

A floodlight shines above the stadium ahead of the English Premier League football match between Fulham and Brentford at Craven Cottage in London on November 4, 2024. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP) (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)