Damage-hit Borussia Dortmund needed to battle laborious to safe a 1-0 Champions League victory over Sturm Graz on Tuesday due to Donyell Malen’s late winner.
It was a constructive signal that Dortmund managed to safe the win despite the fact that their vitality dwindled in the direction of the top of the sport, stated sporting director Sebastian Kehl after the match.
“We performed good soccer within the first half, stored discovering options, received ourselves into harmful positions within the field with lengthy diagonal balls. The one ball I did not like was the ultimate ball, towards a workforce from Graz who fought till the final second and made life very tough for us, particularly within the second half,” Kehl informed BVB.de.
“In the previous couple of weeks we have spent numerous vitality, and you would inform that in the previous couple of minutes of the sport. The truth that the workforce nonetheless received this recreation ultimately could be very properly deserved and reveals that we’re on the correct path.”
BVB coach Nuri Sahin was happy that his gamers “stored clear heads and received the job carried out.”
“We fully managed the sport, aside from one part between the sixtieth and seventieth minutes. We have to rating our first aim earlier, that opens the door. We did not handle to do this. As much as the field, we have been good and the plan labored out. Once you rating the aim, the areas get greater. In the long run, we received our reward,” he informed DAZN.