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GettyVIDEO: 'You came from Arsenal & won it here!' - Granit Xhaka cracks up laughing at Jeremie Frimpong title joke after Bayer Leverkusen's historic Bundesliga triumph
Granit Xhaka cracked up laughing at an Arsenal title joke from Jeremie Frimpong after Bayer Leverkusen won the Bundesliga for the first time.
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- Xhaka laughed at Frimpong's title joke
- Bayer Leverkusen thrashed Werder Bremen 5-0
- Won their first-ever Bundesliga title
WHAT HAPPENED?
The German club created history on Sunday as Xabi Alonso led them to their first-ever Bundesliga title after beating Werder Bremen 5-0. Former Arsenal star Granit Xhaka was an integral part of the title-winning Leverkusen squad and contributed with a goal in the team's win over Die Werderaner.
WHAT JEREMIE FRIMPONG SAID TO GRANIT XHAKA
After the match, while celebrating the historic triumph, Leverkusen full-back Jeremie Frimpong took a dig at Xhaka's former employers as he told the midfielder on his Instagram Live: "We won it, done it! You came from Arsenal, you won it here."
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GettyTHE BIGGER PICTURE
Alonso's side did the unthinkable - while being unbeaten in the league so far this season - as they ended Bayern Munich's 11-year title-winning streak. The Spaniard also managed to remove the 'Neverkusen' curse, an infamous nickname given to the club who finished runners-up four times in the space of six seasons around the turn of the century.
GettyWHAT NEXT FOR BAYER LEVERKUSEN?
The newly crowned German champions will be next seen in action on Thursday as they take on West Ham in the second leg of their Europa League quarter-final fixture. Xhaka, who moved to BayArena from Arsenal for £21m last summer, could end up finishing the season with a treble as Leverkusen also have a DFB-Pokal final date against Kaiserslautern to look forward to in May.