Borussia Dortmund furious after conceding late lead: “We need to play a little more football.” | OneFootball

Those associated with Borussia Dortmund had to lament what turned out to be a “typical Borussia Dortmund Bundesliga performance” on Saturday afternoon. The fact that league leaders Bayern Munich dropped points ended up being rendered irrelevant as Niko Kovac’s BVB blew a late lead and drew Hamburger SV 1-1.

Dortmund were unable to preserve a slim lead away at Hamburg’s Volksparkstadion. Carney Chukwuemeka put Dortmund on course for three points with the opening goal in the 64th-minute. HSV striker Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer was nevertheless able to net the 1-1 at 90+7. 

In their respective post-match interviews, head coach Kovac and German national team defender Nico Schlotterbeck were perturbed that the team got lax after gaining the lead. Both Kovac and Schlotterbeck seemed to think the 0-1 ended up being a curse. 

“I think we had everything under control until scoring the opening goal,” Schlotterbeck complained when speaking to Sky Germany. “We hardly allowed anything until that. Then we lost control and became too sloppy.

“We let HSV take control,” Schlotterbeck continued. “Then what often happens when you become too passive happened. When 15 crosses come in, one of them is bound to go in.

“We need to play a little more football,” Schlotterbeck concluded. “We didn’t manage to do that in the end.“

“There were too many simple turnovers,” Kovac groused when speaking to DAZN. “That sometimes happens in football when one scores the 1-0. One must score the 2-0 before one can relax.“

GGFN | Peter Weis