Xabi Alonso showed genuine class with unseen gesture upon Anfield return on Monday

Xabi Alonso exuded class as a Liverpool player in the mid to late 2000s, and he’s now doing the very same as manager of Bayer Leverkusen.

The 42-year-old is back at Anfield as the Bundesliga title holders meet his former club in the Champions League tonight, with the Spaniard set to receive a rapturous welcome from the Merseyside faithful.

Our former midfielder addressed the media at his pre-match press conference on Monday night, and one gesture that he made after the cameras stopped rolling showed the true mark of the man.