Borussia Dortmund captain Nico Schlotterbeck believed an absence of “guts” and “braveness” have been key of their loss to Bayern Munich on Saturday.
Dortmund’s unbeaten run to start out the season was snapped by a 2-1 defeat to their rivals at Allianz Enviornment, leaving them fourth within the Bundesliga and 7 factors behind Bayern.
Nico Kovac’s facet registered only one shot heading in the right direction within the match, their solely objective from Julian Brandt within the 84th minute, whereas they gave away seven makes an attempt within the loss.
Schlotterbeck believes the Dortmund gamers knew what they needed to do to win in Munich, however didn’t observe by way of on their plan.
“I stated to the lads earlier than the match: if you wish to survive in Munich, it’s a must to play with braveness, with ahead drive, with guts, and we utterly lacked that within the first half,” he stated.
“We have been untidy in our play and didn’t win tackles. The second half affords encouragement, although, as a result of I believe we have been even higher than Bayern.
“Nonetheless, over the 90 minutes and within the first half particularly, it wasn’t sufficient total and then you definitely’re simply not going to win in Munich.”
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Dortmund head coach Nico Kovac was extra type together with his evaluation of the defeat, largely right down to their superior second half.
“Clearly we’re dissatisfied: with the end result and notably the primary half. The second half was significantly higher,” stated Kovac.
“I believe the spectators nonetheless noticed a very good Klassiker. It’s a disgrace we didn’t get the equaliser however we simply weren’t adequate within the first half.
“We would have liked just a few extra minutes within the second half, then possibly we’d’ve carried out it.”