"I played here many times before I was a coach. It's a working-class club with passion, desire, attitude and hard work in its DNA, he said in an interview with The Athletic. They also want to see nice football here. I remember when Jurgen Klopp was here with his heavy metal football. But these are different times, with different players, and it's a different situation. We must look forward rather than back."
"BVB's success has been built upon a rock-solid defence, with only Bayern (11) conceding fewer goals than their 12 in the Bundesliga this season. Their eight clean sheets this term are a joint record for the club through 15 matchdays, having won the title on the two previous occasions where they reached that figure by this stage - in 1994-95 and 2001-02."
Borussia Dortmund sit second in the Bundesliga, nine points behind Bayern Munich, with an early chance to reduce the gap against Eintracht Frankfurt. The team's success this season has been founded on a strong defence, conceding 12 goals with eight clean sheets through 15 matchdays. That clean-sheet total matches club records reached in title-winning campaigns in 1994-95 and 2001-02. Dortmund have trailed for just 91 minutes in the league this season, among the lowest in Europe's top five leagues. A change in approach is seen as necessary given different players and circumstances, while maintaining team quality and momentum.
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