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The celebrations in Leverkusen are going to go on long into the night.
Their team are champions of Germany for the first time.
Will Xabi Alonso follow it up by winning the Europa League and German Cup?
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Hamid: Completely unexpected at the beginning of the season. This is not even a team with £120m worth of individual players...kudos to effective team work.
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BuxBeta: Congratulations Xabi! Fully deserved. What an achievement.
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Bayer Leverkusen (29) have set a new Bundesliga record for longest unbeaten run from the start of a league campaign.
The old record was 28, set by Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich in 2013-14.
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Amid all of the celebrations, it's worth pointing out Bayer Leverkusen have won the league with FIVE games to spare.
They also remain unbeaten in 43 competitive games this season.
This was their 38th win.
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Leverkusen are the 13th club to win the Bundesliga, and the first new champions of the league since Wolfsburg in 2008-09.
The last time Leverkusen won a trophy was on 12 June 1993, when they defeated Hertha Berlin's second team 1-0 in the German Cup final.
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Now they're playing 'Eviva Espana' over the speakers in tribute to the work of Xabi Alonso. They'll be commissioning a statue of the Spaniard after this.
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Goosebumps!
Truly joyous scenes in Leverkusen.
Fans are jumping up and down on the pitch which is a sea of red and black.
Strangers are hugging one another and dancing to the music over the speaker.
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Hat-trick hero Florian Wirtz has not managed to get off the pitch. He is being hugged, kissed, patted. Wirtz is laughing and smiling.
This is a day Bayer Leverkusen will never forget.
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These are astonishing scenes. There are grown men wearing Leverkusen shirts in tears. Flags, banners, scarves are being waved. You cannot see the pitch as there are so many people on it.
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Florian Wirtz's third goal was the last kick of the match.
There are now thousands of fans on the pitch.
It's all appears good natured.
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BAYER LEVERKUSEN ARE CHAMPIONS OF GERMANY.
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Florian Wirtz
They cannot stop scoring!
Florian Wirtz has his hat-trick after finishing from inside the box despite the attention of two defenders.
It sparks another pitch invasion. This time there are hundreds on the pitch.
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89 minutes.
The word is there is going to be no added time.
Leverkusen are almost there.
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A word about Leverkusen's players, who could easily have been caught up in the emotion of today. They haven't. They have produced a thoroughly professional performance and demonstrated why they are the best team in Germany.
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Thick red smoke from pyrotechnics fills the pitch as play resumes.
Four minutes left plus stoppages.
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