So matchday 3 is finally over! We beat Nürnberg in a very scrappy way, but winning those games, too is just what a championship winning team needs. However, there are still a few things, that are bothering me after MD 3, for example that Schalke is still in front of Dortmund in the table! (Effin Mainz)
First half was completely forgettable,
you can have 10 creative players in your team, if they don't move enough to create space, nothing will ever happen. There were several aspects why we didn't create chances in HT:
First of all Gündogan is not able to hold a ball and distribute it well enough to create momentum and space on the pitch. It was clear that we are going to miss Nuri Sahin, but he is not leaving an impression on the pitch at the moment. But to be fair he was closed down very well from Hoffenheim and Nürnberg. It looks like he still needs much more time to feel comfortable and knows where his team mates run. He needs to anticipate the runs of our players which is easier when you played with your side for 2-3 years (in case of Sahin) or are on your 5th match for a team.
Another reason is that Shinji Kagawa is still tired, he lacked freshness, creativity, cheekiness and quick thinking on the pitch, which left our center pretty harmless, but hey, he was injured for such a long time. He will be back. But I'm really disappointed with Lewandowski so far. Not only is he wasting so many good chances (should at least have scored twice!), but also his inability to hold on to the ball is making me want to barf. Something that Barrios is doing so well and Lewandowski is trying, but not doing so well. It's a key in our game for the offensive transmission! Lewandowski gets a long ball, holds it, passes it back, turns around and runs in the box. When Barrios is back Lewandowski will be my first candidate for the bench. Also we got lucky that we didn't concede when Weidenfeller ran out of his goal, just to realize halfway out that he was going to be to late, but managed to get a hand to the lop.
2nd Half brought everything that Dortmund is
Even though we didn't made our best game, we managed to bring on the pitch what we stand for: Hard work. Finally we ran the extra meter, and won more important tackles. We scored the 1:0 by a quick transmission after Nürnberg's corner. Lewandowski's technical error to accept the ball was the key, because Götze came on the ball and he made the difference. He spun around two defenders, had a one-two with Piszczek to go around the third and laid a fine pass back to Lewandowski, who mishit it into the net.
From there on it was easier for us, since Nürnberg, who planned the 2nd half to be a bit more different, gave us more space. It's really astonishing, how Mario Götze steps up and decides games for us! Once again his individual skill led to the 1:0, the most important goal in football.
Positive impacts came from the bench, with the substitution of Lewandowski and Kagawa, who had not their best games. Perisic and Kuba came on. A very interesting tactical tweak by Klopp.
With Kuba on the right, Götze could move to the center, where he is most dangerous and Perisic replaced Lewandowski 1 to 1 in the striking position.
Perisic is more of a goal threat to me than Lewandowski, he is much better when it comes to holding the ball and it seems like he has a better instinct. Though he is pretty unlucky, he hit the woodwork twice now.
So he will definitely score against Leverkusen. FACT! I'm very happy with Perisic and it looks like he was worth every penny. He always came from the bench, but had no trouble at all to find into the game and is creating danger from the first second. More on him later this season.
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