Reus criticizes Dortmund’s defensive fragility after 4-2 defeat
Despite Dortmund’s excellent attacking football and two excellent finishes from Erling Haaland, the club ended with a 4-2 defeat to Monchengladbach as their poor defensive display once again proved to be their critical flaw.
Nico Elvedi
scored from two free-kicks,
Ramy Bensabaini
and
Marcus Thuram
netted
Gladbach’s
other two goals as
Gladbach
moved ahead of
Dortmund
into fourth place in the Bundesliga’s table.
"If we don't turn things around, it will be difficult,"
a visibly annoyed
Reus
told ZDF after full-time.
“It’s always the same mistakes that we make. It absolutely stinks!”
Mats Hummels
couldn’t help himself to agree with his team-mate, the experienced defender said:
“Our defensive standards are a very big thing for us.”
Dortmund
have taken just one point from their recent three fixtures, and interim manager,
Edin
Terzic
, was frustrated to see his side make things so easy for their opponents.
“The effort we had to put in to score a goal was significantly higher than it was for Gladbach,” he said. “We've now conceded simple goals in the last three games. It's a shame and bitterly disappointing when you play a good attacking game and then you can’t finish the job in defence.”
Dortmund
will face
Augsburg
next Saturday before DFB Pokal game with
Paderborn
.
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