Granit Xhaka using 'humble' Arsenal experience to inspire Bayer Leverkusen to Bundesliga title

Granit Xhaka is using Arsenal's dramatic title tilt collapse from last season to help his new team, Bayer Leverkusen, win the Bundesliga.

Under the management of Xabi Alonso, Leverkusen are unbeaten in 34 games this season and sit 10-points ahead of current champions Bayern Munich, who have won the German league title for the past 11 years. The Bavarian giants signed Harry Kane from Tottenham in the summer and were expecting to land a 12th-straight title but Xhaka and his teammates are now in pole position.

Last year, Arsenal had an eight-point lead on Manchester City in the Premier League but ended up finishing five points behind the eventual champions and the Gunners' former captain doesn't want to experience a repeat with Leverkusen. After Sunday's 2-0 win against Koln, the midfielder told his teammates that they should be happy but not too relaxed because there are still more games to play.

As per the Mirror, he said: «It's good and we can be proud of it, but nothing is won yet. I'm speaking about my own experience of what happened last season.

»I think it was similar points over second and we didn't win the league so I know the experience and this is what I share with the dressing room as well. Of course ten points is a lot in football when you have ten games left but ten points when there's another 30 points you can take, it's not over."

Xhaka shared how he's helping his team at Leverkusen with his experience, saying: «For sure and they know, they're asking me day by day, 'you've been in this situation as well, how was it what happened' I tried to explain it but you can't explain with words, you have to feel it, that's why you have to stay humble you have to take it day by day and let's see where we are after 34