Reactions to 1-1 with Leipzig: "If you can't win, don't lose" | OneFootball

Borussia Dortmund couldn't quite continue their recent run of success in full and had to settle for a 1-1 draw against RB Leipzig on Saturday afternoon. After the match, coach Niko Kovac, goalkeeper Gregor Kobel, and defense chief Nico Schlotterbeck commented on the 90 minutes.

At the press conference after the game, coach Niko Kovac criticized the botched start but was also pleased with the appropriate response: "Of course, we were asleep during the free kick, but the team's reaction was immediate. It was also important that we quickly equalized," said the BVB coach, who then explained his team's rather cautious approach: "In the end, it wasn't easy to go all or nothing. It could have gone either way. A very well-known coach once told me, if you can't win, you mustn't lose. Now we go into the international break with a better feeling than with a defeat, especially when you have to wait two weeks for the next chance."

Schlotterbeck rather dissatisfied

Meanwhile, Schlotterbeck was less satisfied on "Sky" than his coach: "We are still unbeaten, but for me, it's two points too few. We got a point against Leipzig: that's not bad, but it's also not what we wanted."

Goalkeeper Kobel, on the other hand, was more in line with Kovac: "You could tell in the first half that we had played on Wednesday evening. I still thought it wasn't a bad game from us. Leipzig also did well, repeatedly creating chances. We might have been able to create one or two more chances. That would have been important. But in the end, we have to accept the 1-1 based on the course of the game."

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