Niko Kovacs, getty images October 19, 2025, 10:58 p.m

The head coach of Borussia Dortmund, Niko Kovacs, spoke about the defeat by Bayern Munich (1:2) in the seventh round of the German Bundesliga. The official website of “Bumblebees” quotes the Croatian specialist.

“I think the crowd saw a good Der Klassiker. It’s a shame we couldn’t make it 2-2. But at the end of the day, we just weren’t strong enough in the first half.

In the second half, we were closer to victory, and we could have done it. We just weren’t aggressive enough in the first half. Of course we wanted to stay compact, but we also wanted to push forward at the right times.

Harry Kane, who practically acted as a supporting midfielder, created problems for us. In the second half, we let Pascal play more at number ten to prevent the opposition from shifting the game. This worked much better. We were much more dynamic at halftime.

Kane’s goal? In my opinion, this was a clear mistake. The referee should have canceled the goal. The referee whistled a lot, which he should have in this episode too. He spoiled everything, he was petty. He didn’t play very well. Now I will have trouble again, but I have to say it,” Kovacs said.

Earlier, Kompany spoke about the victory over Borussia D.