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    Dortmund Defender Hummels Slams Favre Tactics after Stuttgart Humiliation

    The veteran centre-back saw his side concede four times in a disastrous second-half performance.

    Borussia Dortmund coach Lucien Favre admitted his side suffered a “disaster” in the Bundesliga title race on Saturday after being routed 5-1 by VfB Stuttgart to suffer their heaviest home defeat in over a decade.

    Stuttgart’s Congo winger Silas Wamangituka netted twice in the romp which piled the pressure on Favre with fifth-placed Dortmund now five points behind leaders RB Leipzig.

    “Things went mercilessly wrong,” admitted Dortmund defender Mats Hummels.

    “We shot ourselves in the foot every few minutes.”

    Dortmund have taken just a point in their two league games since star striker Erling Braut Haaland was ruled out until January with a hip injury.

    Stuttgart’s relentless pressing and sloppy Dortmund defending resulted in the visitors scoring four unanswered second-half goals.

    “We are not a team that can defend well, that has to be said quite clearly,” fumed Dortmund captain Marco Reus, while Favre admitted it was “a disaster”.

    Wamangituka converted a penalty midway through the first half after Dortmund’s Emre Can brought down Mateo Klimowicz.

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