"Of course, I know that we have a few things to improve on, but I also know that the team has improved significantly compared to last season,"
"[Last season] it wasn't the playing style that was criticised but the results. I'm not happy with certain situations either. If you win only 36% of the duels in the first half, then it's difficult to win the game."
"For me, football is first and foremost about intensity and being aggressive. Tackling is the essence of football."
Niko Kovac urged Borussia Dortmund to be more aggressive and increase intensity after a 2-0 Champions League defeat to Tottenham, with the team on the back foot for much of the match. Dortmund sit 11 points behind Bayern Munich despite only one league defeat this term, and Kovac acknowledged room for improvement while noting significant progress compared with last season. He pointed to poor duel success (36% in the first half) and emphasized tackling and intensity as fundamentals. Union Berlin are ninth and five points off European places after a five-match unbeaten run, though they have drawn all three 2026 games. Jeong Woo-yeong has three direct goal contributions in his last five Bundesliga matches, and Emre Can has converted all 11 of his Bundesliga penalties, ranking among the competition's leading penalty takers.
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