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Leipzig (dpa) - The next low blow was hard to digest for Marco Rose.
After the frustrating 2: 3 (2: 0) at RB Leipzig and the prospect of the highly explosive DFB Cup quarter-finals against his future employer Borussia Dortmund, the Borussia Mönchengladbach coach parried all questions about his job.
“It's not a difficult situation for me.
It's zero difficult, ”said Rose despite five games without a win in the Bundesliga and the dwindling chance of qualifying for the Champions League again.
But Rose said: "We have been communicating for weeks that everything is in order and that we are working well together."
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But the debate about the continued employment of the Gladbach trainer, who seems to have been abandoned by luck with his team, remains in motion.
In his hometown of Leipzig, the initially efficient Borussia had shaken the master hunter RB with two early goals, but then became increasingly tired and in the end overrun.
A cup-out against Dortmund on Tuesday would put pressure on Rose and manager Max Eberl before the top match for the international starting places against Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday.
«Of course we are not satisfied.
In professional football, it's all about points, and if you don't have any points, things get restless, ”said Rose.
His protégés stood behind the 44-year-olds.
«To think about a change of coach now would be the wrong approach.
We can also put the issue aside, we know that the coach will give everything with us until the end, ”said Jonas Hofmann, who scored Gladbach's lead with a penalty kick (6th minute).
Rose also received support from RB colleague Julian Nagelsmann, who said: “I don't feel the unrest from outside is necessary and incomprehensible.
You don't get the impression that the players are running less just because Marco is leaving the club. "
Sports director Eberl has already assured that he wants to end the season “100 percent” with Rose.
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The results, however, make this project increasingly difficult.
Even a 2-0 lead by Marcus Thuram (19th), who deflected an Embolo header into the goal, was not enough in Leipzig.
On the one hand, according to Rose, this was due to the “loss of substance”, but also to Leipzig's strength.
«I can't blame my boys.
The point would have been good for us, also for our feelings, "said Rose and emphasized:" The boys threw everything in. "
The first victory in Leipzig or at least a point would have given the team some peace before the Borussia duel.
But the fact that Gladbach didn't fire a shot on goal in the second half also fits into the current picture.
«We were the worse team, Leipzig put constant pressure on.
We were under constant stress and had no more relief, ”said the strong keeper Yann Sommer in a nutshell.
That should get better against BVB: “We want to get through and achieve something in the cup.
It should go to Berlin, and that requires a good performance. "
Due to the recent high load, Rose rotated to six positions after the 2-0 draw against Manchester City against RB, more is currently not possible.
"There are certain positions where we have no alternatives," emphasized the coach, adding: "Four weeks ago after the game against Cologne I was almost nailed to the wall because there were too many changes after the defeat."
He almost got rewarded for his tactics.
But RB turned a 0-2 deficit for the first time in Bundesliga history through goals from Christopher Nkunku (57th) and Yussuf Poulsen (66th), before the last hapless Alexander Sörloth hit the Gladbachers in the third minute of stoppage time.
“To collect the third one at the back, it hurts, it's bitter,” admitted Hofmann.
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