Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso has said they will learn from their heavy 4-0 Champions League defeat against Liverpool and suggested that the Anfield factor played a role in their second-half meltdown.

Xabi Alonso played at Anfield for Liverpool for five seasons before leaving but is back as manager with Bayer Leverkusen and has touched the stadium's iconic sign

Luis Diaz scored a hat-trick as Liverpool made light work of German champions Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League on a miserable night for the returning Xabi Alonso at Anfield. Diaz's impudent chip was followed by Cody Gakpo's fourth goal in a week as the hosts won the game within the space of three second-half minutes before Diaz added two more late on.