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Little did Exequiel Palacios and his Leverkusen team know way back in mid-September that he had just started a trend. On matchday four of the Bundesliga season, Palacios converted a penalty in the fourth minute of stoppage time to give Leverkusen a credible 2-2 draw at then 11-time reigning champions Bayern Munich. It was an early indication that Xabi Alonso’s men never give up until the final whistle is blown. Many more very late goals were to follow en route to a first-ever Bundesliga title. They completed the season in historic fashion on Saturday as the first Bundesliga team to go through …

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