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Well if Bürki and Akanji, two of the most consistent performers this season, ship away the goals it's hard to explain what's happening.
 

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He has mostly been good this season.
He's made a number of costly errors in the second half of the season, he isn't good enough for title winners. Not a keeper you can always trust or have faith in, though he will win you some points but he'll also continue to cost points as well.
 

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Shouldn’t Bremen have gotten a penalty as well? Don’t understand VAR giving one against Bayern but not against Dortmund today. #Conspiracy
 

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He's made a number of costly errors in the second half of the season, he isn't good enough for title winners. Not a keeper you can always trust or have faith in, though he will win you some points but he'll also continue to cost points as well.
When? The ones I remember were against Hertha and today. Only the latter ended up costing them points and between them he's been a life saver. I don't think Dortmund could expect to just buy an upgrade.
 

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When? The ones I remember were against Hertha and today. Only the latter ended up costing them points and between them he's been a life saver. I don't think Dortmund could expect to just buy an upgrade.
Bürki has been mostly excellent this season. The backline is more of a problem a mixture of injuries, inexperience and lack of form.
 

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When? The ones I remember were against Hertha and today. Only the latter ended up costing them points and between them he's been a life saver. I don't think Dortmund could expect to just buy an upgrade.
I can't remember which games exactly but I do remember him conceding goals which he should have saved. Dortmund can't buy an upgrade, yes, but he's not a great keeper and will continue to cost them points, he's on the level of Leno at most.
 

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They're lucky the haven't lost. Werder should have been awarded a pen after the Gotze handball - yet var ruled it out :lol:
 

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Shouldn’t Bremen have gotten a penalty as well? Don’t understand VAR giving one against Bayern but not against Dortmund today. #Conspiracy
All decisions are against Werder.
 

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I'm not happy with Dortmund's performance and the result, seems we're not getting a race until the last day, and no different champion. Pizzarro is a legend though
 

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All decisions are against Werder.
Only saw the Götze handball and the Bayern game. If Boateng gets a penalty against him then Götze should get one against him as well.
Image the outcry had it been the other way around.
 

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Its Bürki's 4th season for Dortmund and overall he has been average at best. He is good enough if Dortmund is content with finishing top4 while playing a peripheral role in the CL. He is not good enough for anything beyond that.
 

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They were looking unusually defensively secure first half of the season.

Back to normal since the winter break.
 

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To be fair they have had a lot of injuries in defense.
True, Witsel was looking a really good signing anchoring infront of the back 4 but ultimately hasn't made as much change in key part of the season.

Edit: I think Spurs smashing them in a 50/50 CL tie affected them a fair bit, lost 10% in Bundesliga afterwards.
 

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True, Witsel was looking a really good signing anchoring infront of the back 4 but ultimately hasn't made as much change in key part of the season.

Edit: I think Spurs smashing them in a 50/50 CL tie affected them a fair bit, lost 10% in Bundesliga afterwards.
They were already in bad form leading up to the match, I think they had lost a couple of BL matches and then lost to Bremen in the DFB Cup before their fixture with Spurs.
 

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Its Bürki's 4th season for Dortmund and overall he has been average at best. He is good enough if Dortmund is content with finishing top4 while playing a peripheral role in the CL. He is not good enough for anything beyond that.
Would have agreed last summer, but this season he has made a pretty big leap, so the average of those 4 seasons doesn't really reflect his current level imo. Couldn't see today's game, and that mistake surely tarnishes it a bit. But if he can continue to play at this season's level next year, Dortmund would have a hard time finding a better and more consistent keeper.
 

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Would have agreed last summer, but this season he has made a pretty big leap, so the average of those 4 seasons doesn't really reflect his current level imo. Couldn't see today's game, and that mistake surely tarnishes it a bit. But if he can continue to play at this season's level next year, Dortmund would have a hard time finding a better and more consistent keeper.
It was a Horrendous error, not the error where you can say he maybe should've done better. It was a shot a kid should've saved.

The second goal as well I think he could've done better with. It was straight at him but he flayed his arms in a dramatic fashion and ball went past him.