Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-0 Borussia Dortmund: Key Takeaways

Borussia Dortmund failed to score any goals in their 1-0 defeat to Borussia Mönchengladbach on Saturday as Marco Rose came face to face with his old side for the first time since leaving the club in the summer.

It was a dismal weekend for Borussia Dortmund fans around the world as Borussia Mönchengladbach managed to get a 1-0 win over Die Schwarzgelben at Borussia-Park. The Black and Yellows started off the game without captain Marco Reus and prolific striker Erling Haaland as Marco Rose met his former side for the first time since his move to Dortmund this summer.

Gladbach, now spearheaded by Adi Hütter, showed grit and determination in the face of Rose’s men. Despite Gladbach’s lackluster start to the season, Hütter was still able to one up his former youth coach at RB Salzburg.

A major turning point in the game came in the 36th minute when the ball fell to Denis Zakaria as he made his way into the box. An unfortunate deflection off of Jude Bellingham made sure that the ball fell kindly for Zakaria. The midfielder took the shot first time and buried it past Gregor Kobel, putting Dortmund down by one.

In the 40th minute the game went from bad to worse for Dortmund as Mahmoud Dahoud picked up a second yellow card for dissent. Deniz Aytekin gave Dortmund’s number 8 his marching orders, and the game continued to swing in Gladbach’s favor.

Despite a slew of dangerous chances, Gladbach failed to score a second goal but Dortmund’s inability to create any clear cut chances in the second half proved to be their undoing. Let us take a look at what we can glean from this disappointing result.