Bundesliga Match Ratings: 10-Man Dortmund Hold Off Werder Bremen
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Marcel Sabitzer?s red card put BVB on the back-foot during the second half. With the Bundesliga top four race racing down to the wire, Borussia Dortmund desperately needed a win against Werder Bremen to maintain their slim advantage over RB Leipzig. While Dortmund got off to a solid start with two goals in the first half, things quickly became dicey following a red card by Marcel Sabitzer just before the half-time whistle blew.
During the second half, Borussia Dortmund went into defense mode, and hung on for dear life as Werder Bremen threw everything they had at them. While BVB did eventually concede to bring the score to 2-1, they managed to keep Werder back just long enough to survive and escape with all three points. It wasn?t pretty, in fact it was downright ugly at times, but BVB were the better side in the first half and defended admirably in the second. Here are our match ratings:
Starting XI
Gregor Kobel
Sean: 7
Kobel made four saves on five shots and conceded one goal on 1.4 PSxG. He had a few botched long balls, but I liked his comeback otherwise.
Joey: 7
Julian Ryerson
Sean: 6
While he defended well, there were a few situations where I thought he was wasteful going forward.
Joey: 6
Niklas Süle
Sean: 6
Joey: 7
I thought Süle had a good game. He had over 100 touches on the ball and completed 95% of his attempted passes. He blocked shots, cleared the ball, recovered it a fe...
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