PLAYER RATINGS | Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Hoffenheim

Borussia Dortmund were unable to hold on to their lead as a late Hoffenheim equalise meant Dortmund drew their third Bundesliga game in a row 1-1.

From a Dortmund perspective, the first half was very underwhelming. They struggled to create any meaningful chance to trouble Oliver Baumann in the Hoffenheim net, in fact, they had just one shot in the entire first half. Dortmund were awarded a penalty after what was originally deemed a foul on Serhou Guirassy from Arthur Chaves, but VAR, rightly, overturned the decision. For Hoffenheim, they also failed to have a shot on target but looked a lot more dangerous than Dortmund especially when they were going forward.

However, in the second half, Dortmund started very quickly when Giovanni Reyna scored his first Bundesliga goal in 582 days as he latched onto a poor clear from Hoffenheim. This trend did not last long as Hoffenheim continued to be the better side and Dortmund were unable to create any meaningful chances, shown by the fact they created no big chances in the whole game. Hoffenheim on the other hand continued to push for equalisers and they were rewarded late on when ex-Dortmund Jacob Bruun Larsen prodded home.

For Hoffenheim, the result was probably unjust as they would feel like they could have come away with the three points, which goes to show the positive work that Christian Ilzer has done since arriving from Sturm Graz.

While Dortmund were not good and lacked any creative spark and were lucky to draw this game. The positive for Dortmund is that on his return from injury, Karim Adeyemi looked lively but he was still unable to make up for the lack of creative spark. Apart from that it is clear that Dortmund need more options in the creativity department as without Julian Brandt and Jamie Gittens not at his best today, Dortmund had nothing.

Borussia Dortmund:

Gregor Kobel (5), Yan Couto (5), Emre Can (6), Nico Schlotterbeck (6), Ramy Bensebaini (6), Felix Nmecha (6), Pascal Groß (4), Maximilian Beier (4), Giovanni Reyna (6), Jamie Gittens (5), Serhou Guirassy (6)

Others: Karim Adeyemi (6), Marcel Sabitzer (5), Kjell Wätjen (5), Julien Duranville (5), Yannik Lührs (-)

Hoffenheim:

Oliver Baumann (6), Valentin Gendrey (6), Arthur Chaves (4), Stanley N’soki (5), Alexander Prass (6), Tom Bischof (6), Anton Stach (6), Diadie Samassékou (4), Andrej Kramaric (6), Max Moerstadt (5), Adam Hlozek (5)

Others: Jacob Bruun Larsen (6), Haris Tabakovic (5), Dennis Geiger (5), Paul Hennrich (-), Kevin Akpoguma (-)

GGFN | Jack Meenan