Julian Brandt hits again at criticism of Dortmund

Julian Brandt would not fairly perceive the criticism Borussia Dortmund and head coach Edin Terzic have confronted after the beginning of the season.

Losses to Bayern Munich and VfB Stuttgart have seen Borussia Dortmund slip to fifth place within the Bundesliga, with their latest performances attracting loads of criticism.

Talking to Sport Bild, nevertheless, Juilian Brandt stresses that he would not assume that is honest.

“Typically I get the sensation that we’re the membership chosen to trigger bother. What sort of criticism are we speaking about?

“When you do not ship outcomes, it is regular that issues are questioned. And we will not current ourselves like we did in Stuttgart. However you need to put it into perspective.

“We’re in first place within the Champions League and within the final 16 of the DFB Pokal. Nonetheless, there are at all times points that come up that make you assume: Phew…

“Folks have been complaining about our type of play for weeks – even once we are profitable video games. However it would not matter at this stage. I would fairly play badly and win than shine and lose. We’ve got to get that into our heads,” Brandt mentioned.

Regardless that Dortmund are 10 factors behind leaders Bayer Leverkusen, Brandt believes it is too early to put in writing them off within the title race.

“Final season, we have been 9 factors behind Bayern firstly of this 12 months,” Brandt identified, including:

” But we nonetheless had the prospect to win the championship on the final matchday. If we’re 4 factors behind the leaders on matchday 33, then I’ll write off the title. However not earlier than.”

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