Dhe spectators were once again very well entertained by the Dortmund team, who at the end of the duel with Union Berlin celebrated a 4-2 win and went on a lap of honor through the stadium. As in the week before in Leverkusen, the team had scored four goals, including a 5-2 win against Frankfurt and a 3-2 win against Hoffenheim.
Erling Haaland had scored two goals again, but most of the Dortmunders were still thoughtful at the end of this working day, which had made visible problems with which they had been struggling for a long time. He was “very satisfied” up to 3-0, said Mats Hummels, but then the team began to act “dubious”. Again, BVB allowed two goals against, only Fürth, Bochum, Hertha BSC and Stuttgart are defensively weaker. So Hummels took the game as an opportunity for fundamental considerations: “The one difference between FC Bayern and us is that eleven players stay sharp for over 90 minutes.” BVB, on the other hand, has suffered from a tendency to carelessness for years.
Somehow the Dortmunders felt too safe after their leadership, instead of acting cleverly, they cut back on the use of energy. As a result, Max Kruse scored a penalty for Union (Witsel to Behrens, 58th), before Andreas Voglsammer headed the 3-2 after a corner kick (81st). But BVB still has Erling Haaland, who scored a very special goal two minutes after the second Berlin goal: by lob in falling over the Berlin goalkeeper Andreas Luthe, who was posted far in front of his goal. This 4: 2 delighted coach Marco Rose, “that’s will, that’s quality, that’s technology, that’s eye, that’s everything that distinguishes Erling,” he said.
The phase in which the football game threatened to tip over, however, clouded this joy. After goals from Raphael Guerreiro (10th), Haaland (24th) and an own goal by Berlin’s Marvin Friedrich (52nd), Rose had finally hoped to experience a confident final phase with his team. But you can only really rely on their offensive force.
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