'Viva Espana' blares out as Leverkusen pitch invasion gets wild

Thousands of Bayer Leverkusen fans invaded the pitch and cut up the turf and goal netting - despite potentially having a Europa League semi-final to come - as they celebrated the club's first men's Bundesliga title.

The 5-0 thumping of Werder Bremen on Sunday brought about the title in style with five games to spare and the players were suddenly swamped by flag-waving fans on a packed pitch. The team struggled to get to the tunnel as the party went wild.

The public address system played "Viva Espana" as a tribute to Spanish coach Xabi Alonso, who has masterminded a so far unbeaten season and could be on for a treble.

They visit West Ham in their Europa League quarter-final second leg on Thursday with a 2-0 lead but will hope the fans have not done too much damage to the BayArena ahead of any semi-final.

Leverkusen also meet second division Kaiserslautern in the German Cup final on May 25.

The pitch invasion actually began as soon as star playmaker Florian Wirtz completed his hat-trick in injury time. The throngs of fans made it impossible to restart and the referee decided to blow the final whistle for a 5-0 triumph.