Reaction to the 0-1 in Mönchengladbach: ‘We know we can do better’ | OneFootball

After conceding a late goal from Haris Tabakovic in the 89th minute, Borussia Dortmund lost 0-1 away to Borussia Mönchengladbach on Sunday and missed the chance to wrap up the runners-up spot early. The defeat, and even more so the display at Borussia-Park, were a disappointment, as players and club officials unanimously admitted afterwards on the club website.

“We put in a very good performance last week and had high hopes of building on that. Unfortunately, we didn’t manage it. We created very, very few attacking moments and let ourselves be bullied. Gladbach pressed us aggressively man for man, and we had our problems with that,” said sporting director Ole Book, who at the same time called for a response in Friday’s match against Eintracht Frankfurt: “I’m pretty sure we’ll show a different side next week at home — just as this team has done very, very often on home soil.”

Niko Kovac also saw Gladbach’s attitude and determination as decisive: “Gladbach defended sharply and intensely one-on-one all over the pitch, putting us under pressure with every touch of the ball. That was a very important factor. In a game like this, you first have to match that physically. We know we can do better,” said the BVB coach, who made no secret of the fact that the result was fair: “You could see that it meant a lot to them and apparently not so much to us. It wasn’t a good performance today, and that’s why we lost.”

Kobel frustrated by the goal conceded

“Gladbach were more intense and simply deserved to win today more than we did,” Waldemar Anton also made clear, leaving no doubt that it was a fair result in the end, while Gregor Kobel was hugely frustrated by the late goal conceded.

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“If we’re already having one of those days when things aren’t going our way, when we were often a bit lucky with Gladbach’s finishes, then we have to take the 0-0 — and that’s that. We’ve done that more than enough times this season. It’s a shame, it’s annoying that we didn’t manage it,” the goalkeeper lamented, making it clear that a performance like the one in Mönchengladbach must not be repeated in the final stretch: “Every single player knows he has a certain obligation to the badge and the club. Everyone signed a contract for 34 matches. So now it’s about getting the last two done as well.”

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