Of course, the expectations at Borussia Dortmund are significantly higher than at the other 16 Bundesliga clubs. I ask you: who, apart from Bayern Munich, consistently plays attractive football in the Bundesliga? And is attractiveness more important than success?
"I don't always want to be known as a club that is nice. In certain moments you need to be quite resilient in personal duels. There are different ways of being resilient, of using a block, different techniques to win one-v-one duels - especially at set-pieces."
I can maybe understand that, that maybe some Hibs fans wouldn't want Hearts to win the league but that won't cross over, one to the team selection, two to the coaching staff. I think they would be more invigorated by news of that.
From the beginning of the season I told the players our goal was 40 points. The chairman, Vichai, told me it was important to stay up. When we got to 40 points, I said to the players: Try to get into Europe because it would be a great experience.
Of all the currently active teams Leinster have faced more than once across their 719 competitive matches since turning professional in 1995, Toulon are the only side they have never beaten.
