Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 Schalke: Xabi Alonso's managerial bow begins with an empathic victory - as Jeremie Frimpong's brace inspires hosts to only their second Bundesliga win of the season

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Xabi Alonso steered Bayer Leverkusen to 4-0 over Schalke on his top-level coaching debut on Saturday, the team earning just its second league win of the season.

"I'm very satisfied. We wanted to play a good game and I think the players enjoyed it," said Alonso, who had only two days to work with the team. "I'm satisfied, but it's only one game, we have to keep going. We have to work hard every day."

Moussa Diaby scored one goal and set up two more for Leverkusen to move out of the relegation zone with its first league victory since the end of August.

Xabi Alonso broke the record for the biggest win by a coach on their Bundesliga debut match

Alonso - a former midfield maestro who won top honors with Spain, Liverpool, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich - was appointed on Wednesday when Leverkusen fired Gerardo Seoane, who oversaw a 2-0 loss at Porto in the Champions League the night before.

Presented on Thursday, Alonso said, " We take a step forward here today, to have an impact, to work and to show that we can do better."

The Leverkusen players were clearly keen to impress their new coach on Saturday. And he was very engaged on the sideline, using an early break in play to hurriedly instruct individual players. Sky TV counted him sitting for only 114 seconds for the whole game.

Bayer Leverkusen's Moussa Diaby scored one and set-up two more against Schalke

Jeremie Frimpong netted a brace for Bayer Leverkusen with goals coming in each half

Alonso had to wait till the 38th minute of a hard-fought first half before Diaby broke the deadlock by letting fly from distance. It was the French forward's first league goal of the season.

Alonso celebrated briefly with his bench before turning to instruct midfielder Charles Aranguiz.

Less than three minutes later, Callum Hudson-Odoi produced a fine solo run, eluding two Schalke midfielders before feeding Diaby, who sent Jeremie Frimpong in. The Dutch right back fired inside the far post from a narrow angle.

Frimpong got his second goal in the 53rd, again set up by Diaby, who waited for the right moment before playing his pass. The goal stood despite Robert Andrich helping the ball along with his arm in the buildup.

The scoring was wrapped up by the previously out-of-favor Paulinho in the 88th minute

The defeat for Schalke mean they are now 16th and in the relegation play off spot in the league

Alonso brought on the previously out-of-favor Paulinho in the 88th and the Brazilian forward wrapped up the win with the fourth goal two minutes later.

"For me, the most important thing was that the players felt what we want to do, how we want to play. For sure, it's early days, but we're happy today and now we'll review and analyze for the next game," Alonso said in a mixture of German and English.

Leverkusen next plays Porto for their return game on Wednesday.