Former Germany international Lothar Matthäus compared Bayer Leverkusen's current performances to Barcelona's of the days of Andres Iniesta, Javi Hernandez and Lionel Messi.
"Football, speed, calmness with the ball... It's fascinating to watch. I could talk about it for hours. It reminds me of Barcelona with Iniesta, Xavi and Messi. In my opinion, Bayer are playing like that right now.
For me, they are the strongest football team in the world at the moment. I don't want to compare them to Liverpool and Manchester City, but Bayer are playing the highest quality football I've seen this season," Mundo Deportivo quoted Matteus as saying.
It will be recalled that Xabi Alonso's men are leading the German league standings, ten points ahead of Bayern Munich.