Kovac laments Dortmund's poor form after Bochum defeat

Niko Kovac admits Dortmund must improve after slipping to 11th position following defeat against Bochum

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00:00Yes, it's true that five out of seven is of course far too much.

00:06What's also not nice is that I've lost the first two.

00:10I'm one of them.

00:12We have to defend against the fact that we can do it.

00:17After all, these are disgusting games.

00:21After the Champions League you come here to Bochum,

00:24who are really motivated to the bone.

00:28That's not easy.

00:30But we have the demand and we have to put it somewhere.

00:34To bring such games somewhere on the stage.

00:39I told the team today that we don't have to win a beauty contest.

00:44That never happens. It's always difficult.

00:46But we didn't make it.

00:48We can already assess the situation.

00:50We are 11th, far from where we want to go.

00:53But we don't have to look up.

00:56We have to make sure that we win games in the Bundesliga.

01:00Because that's what we need.

01:02That's our homework.

01:04The Champions League is just the cream on top of the cake.