Borussia Dortmund applaud empty stadium after Schalke win
When the Bundesliga returned last Saturday, all eyes were on Borussia Dortmund. Lucien Favre’s side locked horns with rivals Schalke aiming to continue where they’d left off before the coronavirus crisis. And they did just that, delivering the goods in a 4-0 win. However, their results this season suggest inconsistency has been their big problem - and they’ve got to overcome that when they take to the field at the Volkswagen Arena.
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However, their big problem this season has been consistency.
There’s no denying that, on their day, Dortmund are one of the best teams on the planet. Certainly, one of the most-offensive.
But with each stunning display under Favre there’s been a banana skin round the corner, a slip-up that gives Bayern Munich more reason to dream of another Bundesliga title.
When they beat FC Koln in August 3-1, they immediately undone their hard work by slipping to a shock 3-1 defeat to Union Berlin just eight days later.
It was a similar story after they battered Bayer Leverkusen at the Westfalenstadion in September.
Hoffenheim stunned them 2-1 in Sinsheim in December shortly before the winter break, despite Dortmund being six points ahead of them in the table at the time.
And Dortmund were leading Bayer Leverkusen 3-2 with just minutes left on the clock before ultimately slipping to a 4-3 defeat.
The signs are they’ve started to turn a corner.
Dortmund have won their last five Bundesliga matches - their longest winning league run of the entire campaign so far.
But Wolfsburg will represent a potential banana skin, the sort of which they’ve slipped over before.