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Champions Bayer Leverkusen did not want to use the phrase arrogance when confronted with their latest Bundesliga setback in the form of a 2-2 draw with lowly Holstein Kiel. Leverkusen squandered a 2-0 lead for the third time in six league matches on Saturday, two of their three season victories have come in stoppage time, and they have already conceded 12 goals in the period. “I wouldn’t say arrogance but a little bit of complacency,” coach Xabi Alonso said of the game which was his 100th in charge two years on the day after his arrival. Goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky said: “This lightness and ease…

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