“?Borussia Dortmund boss Thomas Tuchel has revealed Marc Bartra is doubtful for Friday night’s fixture with Freiburg, but was delighted at his side’s 5-1 thumping of Wolfsburg on Tuesday.
Dortmund have gone top of the Bundesliga with the points, though Bayern Munich play their game in hand this evening and could again overtake with a point. However, Tuchel told the “?BVB site after the game that even with Bartra’s injury, he felt that his side earned an “incredible result”.
Tuchel’s men go goal crazy yet again! Can @bvb really contend for the title this season? #Bundesliga pic.twitter.com/T3Anu4YSmg
He said on Bartra: “He has adductor problems, which he noticed for a short while when warming up. Then they disappeared. They came back when he made a pass. I can’t say what it is.
“My Spanish is not good enough to do so. It will be very, very tight for Freiburg.”
On the game itself, he added: “For a long time it did not feel like such a clear result for us. We scored five goals and took an early lead but then we suffered for quite a spell in the first half and in the opening stages of the second period, because we gave away a lot of good-quality chances. It was a question of time until they pulled one back.
“That goal changed the balance and the energy in the game. We became more awake and asserted ourselves more in challenges, carved out opportunities to counter and made effective use of them.
Thomas Tuchel talks #wobbvb: “The victory hung in the balance for a long time” https://t.co/peVyN4d3Qo pic.twitter.com/5UGQXieuSz
“It was an incredible result for us to win 5-1 in Wolfsburg. We worked hard for the win and we’re very happy about it, but we are also able to put it into perspective: the victory hung in the balance for a long time. There are lots of things to improve “? but we will still take from it the self-belief that winning gives you.
“For long periods it was an extremely even game, in which we struggled. At home, Wolfsburg are capable of building up so much pressure that you suffer. It is extremely difficult to defend all the crosses and block all the runs.
“It’s the consecutive wins that make me happy. The table is always the result of this. But tomorrow there are still a few teams that can leapfrog us. But when it comes down to it, we’re moving forward. Our focus is not on the table, but on Friday’s match.”
17 goals in just three matches – looks like @BVB becomes a goal machine under Thomas Tuchel. Have a look into tomorrow’s @SPORTBILD… pic.twitter.com/VL1BEBeiG1
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