Xabi Alonso said his return to Anfield was bittersweet after Liverpool thrashed Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 on Tuesday, thanks to a Luis Diaz hat-trick, to go top of the Champions League table.Alonso, a Champions League winner during his playing days in the Liverpool midfield,

Xabi Alonso played at Anfield for Liverpool for five seasons before leaving but is back as manager with Bayer Leverkusen and has touched the stadium's iconic sign

Liverpool hero Xabi Alonso emerged to the kind of reception that you would expect at Anfield, giving a classy touch to the This Is Anfield sign in the tunnel before high-fiving a few fans sat near the entrance to the pitch.