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.