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Borussia Dortmund player ratings from embarrassing 5-2 loss to Bayer Leverkusen

By Jorge Alessandro Arias

Borussia Dortmund suffered a damaging defeat to Leverkusen (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)
Borussia Dortmund suffered a damaging defeat to Leverkusen (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images) /
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Raphael Guerreiro (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)
Raphael Guerreiro (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images) /

Thomas Meunier (5/10)

The Belgian right back only played for forty-five minutes as he was subbed off at halftime for Marius Wolf. Despite his limited participation, the Belgian international helped force the own goal. But he did not look too comfortable after that, and a number of sloppy errors ensued. The fact that he was subbed off at the break probably means that he wasn’t fully fit going into the game.

Manuel Akanji (5/10)

With Mats Hummels not available to play from the start, the responsibility of organizing the defense and building up play from the back fell on Manuel Akanji. And while the first goal can’t be blamed on him despite it being an own-goal, the back four were a complete disaster on the second and fifth goal. He did make a few strong challenges, but wasn’t able to lead the defense as well as he would have liked.

Dan-Axel Zagadou (3/10)

Dan-Axel Zagadou had a game to forget on his return to the starting XI. In the tenth minute, a sloppy pass from him gave Leverkusen possession inside the Dortmund box, which led to Akanji clashing into Kobel’s clearance and scoring an own goal.

Zagadou’s errors didn’t end there as he found himself having lapses in concentration time and time again. Constant errors played a role in Zagadou’s positioning later on the game when a simple Bellarabi ball to Wirtz passed him by and he did little to stop it from reaching its intended target.

Raphael Guerreiro (3/10)

It was another dull performance from the Portuguese international. His poor positioning on Leverkusen’s first, second, and fifth goal were nothing short of catastrophical. In all three goals, Zagadou was exposed since he had limited passing options (1st goal) or had to cover his own man and the additional one coming down on Guerreiro’s unattended flank (2nd and 5th).

Aditionally, Guerreiro couldn’t find his typical creative side when approaching the opposition goal. His only significant offensive contribution arrived in the dying moments of the match when his lobbed ball to Moukoko found Tigges for Dortmund’s consolation goal.