Defending must have been terrible though. It's only good in PL.
Bundesliga 2012/2013
- Thread starter Sally Cinnamon
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In fairness the defending today was quite poor all-round, particularly for the three goals.
Dortmund weren't good at the back today and the defending for Bremen's goal was shocking.
Wouldn't say it was shocking.
The ball was deflected and one defender missed it as a result of that.
Reus realized it first and took advantage of it.
The defense didn't look too good in that situation but the defense rarely looks good when a goal is scored.
I think Dortmund was actually weaker at the back. Especially Kirch and Schmlezer had a lot of problems with Elia and Arnautovic and I still feel that Dortmund is missing Bender to offer more protection for the back four.
They also looked really unorganized when Arnautovic was totally free at the edge of the box and could chip it in without anyone being near him and 3 players couldn't stop Selassie from heading it in.
You see, it was much poorer than Reading v QPR would be then - awful defending.
Neither Hummels nor Subotic were in the box, when Arnautovic crossed the ball in for Bremen's equaliser and Weidenfeller off his line obviously didn't help either.
I think Hummels could've done better in closing down Arnautovic even though he deserves credit for being the first to react. I think Subotic was marking someone so he can get away with it, looked like Lewandowski was sleeping before making a last-ditch attempt at closing down Arnautovic as well. And Leitner was a little slow to get in front of Gebre-Selassie.
In fairness, it did look like the ball went out of play.
In fairness, it did look like the ball went out of play.
Well Hummels tried to close down Arnautovic because he was totally free which shouldn't have happened to begin with.
Unfortunately no other defender got in front of Sellassie so three players in his back wasn't an ideal setup to stop him from heading it in.
Both, Hummels and Subotic tried to block Arnautovic' cross, which shouldn't have happened, true.
Weidenfeller would have easily saved it, if he hadn't come out his goal.
Weidenfeller would have easily saved it, if he hadn't come out his goal.
Yeah like always it's usually a few mistakes committed by multiple players that lead to goals and this one wasn't different.
Usually people try to look for a single player to blame mistakes on even though it's usually more a series of bad decisions from a few players that lead to goals.
Well unless it's Vlades trying to outplay Di Maria, then it's pretty much an individual mistake.
ITV 4 have bundesliga highlights on every monday night at 10. Only found this out 5 minutes ago.
Dortmund vs. Nurnberg on in 4 minutes.
Reus starts, Goetze on the bench.
Reus starts, Goetze on the bench.
1st September
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Bayer Leverkusen 1 - 0 SC Freiburg
8' G.Castro
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Nurnberg 1 - 1 Borussia Dortmund
31' T.Pekhart J.Blaszczykowsk 40'
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Schalke 04 1 - 0 FC Augsburg
33' K.Papadopoulos
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TSG Hoffenheim 0 - 2 Eintracht Frankfurt
A.Meier 39'
P.Schwegler 42'
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Werder Bremen 0 - 0 Hamburg SVPaying more attention to the German League now. Very competitive and full of young talent.
Bayern Leverkusen have taken an early lead. Casto scoring with a header. Annoyingly the website I use doesn't tell me who made the assist.
Bayern Leverkusen have taken an early lead. Casto scoring with a header. Annoyingly the website I use doesn't tell me who made the assist.
30mins in... 1 goal in 5 games...
As I say that... Nurnberg score against Dortmund.
As I say that... Nurnberg score against Dortmund.
Dortmund one nil down, Pekhart header from a corner
Kyriakos Papadopoulos scores for Schalke with a header. Assisted by Jefferson Farfán.
Dortmund look a bit off, haven't really created anything so far.
Alex Meier scores for Frankfurt, was the German Steven Gerrard at one point
1-1 Kuba
2 late goals for Frankfurt. Pirmin Schwegler the scorer of the 2nd goal.
Dortmund looked much better there at the end, back to their old selves.
What a challenge by Subotic there
Lanig scores in successive games. One of the worst players I've seen in the flesh last season for Köln.
Kiyotake looked quite handy for Nürnberg, signed from Kagawa's old club.
Kiyotake looked quite handy for Nürnberg, signed from Kagawa's old club.
Dortmund aren't up to scratch yet. Sloppy again today from what I saw in the second half.
They started off poorly last season too. Probably need more match fitness and more time with Reus. Should start knocking them in soon I'd imagine.
OMG what a hit by martin harnik. Goal of the weekend so far.
bayern 0 : stuttgart 1
Javi Martinez on the bench.
bayern 0 : stuttgart 1
Javi Martinez on the bench.
bloody hell, just put this on after our match...what happened? Bayern responded with 6 goal in 30 minutes.
javi martinez in for schweini
Bayern put 6 past Stuttgart, all in a span of 19 minutes!
Mueller ['32], Kroos ['33], Dias ['43], Mandzukis ['47], Mueller ['49], Schweinsteiger ['51]
Mueller ['32], Kroos ['33], Dias ['43], Mandzukis ['47], Mueller ['49], Schweinsteiger ['51]
Hannover result is a shock! 4-0 away against Wolfsburg
Madness: Hannover's Huszti just scored the winner for Hannover in the derby against Bremen in the last minute - making it 3-2. Gets booked for taking his shirt off and receives another booking for climbing onto the fence. 
Quickest yellow-red ever?
Quickest yellow-red ever?Absolutely crazy rule. He is in insane form though. 5 assists and 2 goals in the last two games.
Kiyotake scored the winner for Nürnberg
Yes. So Müller has next weekend the chance to overtake him again. Had today only one assist and was a little bit unlucky as he did not make his own chances and that that he produced for others. His on 6, Huszti on 7, the next follow with 4. Martinez made his first assist in Bayern shirt, too. If this guy shows in the recent month what you got out of the 15 minutes he played today - just how easy he wins the ball in tackles, has a look for situations and how he passes - that midfield duo with Schweinsteiger will just be phenomenal.
Nobody missed Robben and Ribery today who had to stop training with calf problems yesterday. Seems that the competition in the training already starts to be very hard. Shaqiri was fine today playing on the left side, too. Kroos finally seems to realize that running is part of footballing, too. He had an amount of fast runnings today he by far not had the recent year. The air is getting tight with all that competition around...
Dortmund won at home against Leverkusen 3:0.
Hiroshi Kiyotake, already dubbed ''the new Kagawa'', has had a hand in ALL Nuremberg goals so far this season.
Dortmund now unbeaten in 31 Bundesliga games - last loss came at Hannover (2-1) in September 2011.
Dortmund now unbeaten in 31 Bundesliga games - last loss came at Hannover (2-1) in September 2011.
There's really been an exodus of Japanese players to the Bundesliga lately
I think it is a Japanese weekend in Germany. Usami has scored and assisted one in the 3:5 from Hoffenheim against Freiburg - and in the Frankfurt match against Hamburg that is running right now Takashi Inui has done the first goal. (it is 2:0 right now and van der Vaart does not seem to get a good first match...)
How to wake up a fellow player...
Manuel Neuer on Toni Kroos
Manuel Neuer on Toni Kroos
Kiyotake really looks great so far and I can understand why they dubbed him the new Kagawa, not only because he is japanese but also because he has a fairly similar playing style.
Sign him up Fergie, you can never have enough Kagawas imo. ;P