Bundesliga side RB Leipzig conceded a 1:2 defeat at Borussia Dortmund in the top match. Coach Marco Rose was self-critical afterwards.

Marco Rose returned to Dortmund for the first time on Friday evening. The coach was only relieved of his duties at Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2022 and replaced by Edin Terzic.

With his new employer RB Leipzig, Rose wanted to take something tangible home from Signal-Iduna-Park and close the gap on BVB. But this plan came to nothing – the result was a narrow 1:2 (0:2) defeat.

Although his team showed a clear improvement in the second half and would have deserved a draw, they lacked the necessary offensive nous in front of the opponent’s goal.

Accordingly, Rose’s disappointment was great after the defeat. “It’s hard to accept the result, because the second half went more than clearly to us. Dortmund was very efficient. Over 90 minutes, it’s hard to accept losing a game like that with this performance in Dortmund. I have to give the boys credit for the fact that exactly what we had talked about before happened when we conceded the goals,” the 46-year-old explained in the DAZN interview.

For the ex-BVB coach it was a bitter evening overall. Not only did the football coach lose the top match against his old club, but top star Christopher Nkunku might have been injured in the process. Germany’s Footballer of the Year, who was directly involved in 116 goals in 163 competitive matches for Leipzig, only made his starting eleven comeback in Dortmund after 111 days. Before that, he had to miss more than two months with a torn lateral ligament.

You play here in Dortmund, you want to win the game at all costs. In the end, I think I should have done better. I probably should have reacted earlier with a substitution. Now we have to take the consequences.

Marco Rose.

On Friday evening, Nkunku was substituted in the 83rd minute. Coach Rose was self-critical afterwards: “I’m afraid we lost Christo again for a few days. He felt something in the muscle during a sprint. You play here in Dortmund, you want to win the game at all costs. In the end, I think I should have done better. I probably should have reacted earlier with a substitution. Now we have to take the consequences. “