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The Dortmund team came at least one step too late with every ball contact.

Leverkusen played their way across the entire field with just a few passes and had no problems in undermining BVB's defense.

In the end Florian Wirtz stood free in front of Roman Bürki and scored the 2-1 final score for Bayer.

A move that was exemplary for the appearance of BVB in Leverkusen.

Especially in the first half the team had very bad body language, they did not get into the duels and only ran after them.

Borussia was lucky that they only went into the break with a 0: 1.

“We saw a brutally open game.

We gave Leverkusen a lot of counter opportunities.

I think that it was the 15th counterattack situation when we conceded that we didn't secure it well, ”said BVB captain Marco Reus.

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After the disappointing 1: 1 against Mainz on Saturday, the team showed no reaction.

Only after Julian Brandt equalized in the 67th minute was BVB on the trigger, but Edin Terzic's team gave up the game.

“We gave Leverkusen too much time.

That wasn't good of us at all.

We then did better in the second half, ”said Brandt.

A lot could happen in the following 17 games, "but we are far away at the moment."

Julian Brandt scored his first goal of the season in Leverkusen

Source: Pool via REUTERS

If FC Bayern wins their game at the end of the first half of the season at FC Augsburg on Wednesday, BVB is already ten points behind the leaders.

The championship is a long way off after the games against Mainz and Leverkusen.

Reus also sees it this way: “After the game on Saturday we wanted to beat a direct competitor.

The championship played no relevant role either before or after the game. "

Ten points from six games under Terzic

Should the change of coach have had an effect on BVB, then it fizzled out.

Under Terzic, the team only got ten points from six games.

Three wins are paired with two defeats and one draw - not enough for a team that wants to play for the title.

BVB suffered six defeats in the first half of the season.

The mood in Leverkusen is completely different.

With 32 points from 17 games, Bayer played the best first half of the season in seven years.

“We could have won higher.

At halftime it should have been 2-0 or 3-0, so we had to tremble a bit, ”said Leverkusen's goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky.