Overview
- Dortmund twice let leads slip in a 2–2 home draw with Bodø/Glimt despite a Julian Brandt brace, leaving a tougher path with Tottenham away and Inter at home still to come in January.
- Nico Schlotterbeck delivered a scathing DAZN interview about a missing “winner mentality,” saying substitutes “lose every ball,” as Karim Adeyemi called his own cameo one of his worst this season and Serhou Guirassy struggled to influence play.
- Coach Niko Kovac and sporting director Sebastian Kehl lamented a squandered chance and poor defending, noting the 2–2 came while Dortmund were briefly a man down before a substitution was completed.
- Dortmund face fresh defensive worries, with Waldemar Anton suspected of a muscle injury and Aaron Anselmino leaving the stadium limping, raising the risk of multi-week absences at centre-back.
- Leverkusen drew 2–2 with Newcastle after Mark Flekken conceded a penalty under pressure from Nick Woltemade and later praised his teammates’ late response as Alejandro Grimaldo rescued a point, while the club evaluates Patrik Schick’s painful ankle knock ahead of the Köln derby and targets strong finishes against Olympiakos and Villarreal.