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Borussia Dortmund are an enigma. One day, they are banging in a litany of goals and winning convincingly, but then struggling to assert themselves and relying on late heroics in the next.
More recently though, it's been the latter. Against bottom-dwellers Heidenheim, Der BVB needed two late goals from Serhou Guirassy to win 3-2 in a game that should have been a cruise.
Last night in Wolfsburg, they once again needed heroics from the Guinean in the dying embers to seal a victory as Dortmund extended their winning run in the Bundesliga to five games.
It wasn't a convincing win, but a win nonetheless, and the gap between them and Bayern Munich has been temporarily reduced to three points.
Serhou Guirassy becoming Dortmund's talisman again
Following a fast start, Guirassy went off the boil as his goals came sporadically. But lately, he has been showing signs of his older self.
As Dortmund trailed 2-1 against Heidenheim, he struck twice late on to win the match for them. The striker repeated the trick again on Saturday.
After Konstantinos Koulierakis canceled out Julian Brandt's opener, Kovac's side huffed and puffed for a winner again.
In the closing stages of normal time, Dortmund weaved an array of passes through Wolfsburg's porous defense which eventually came to Guirassy, who arrowed one into the bottom corner.
For the second consecutive matchday, the 29-year-old came up with the match-winner, once again highlighting his importance in the squad.
His league tally for the season now stands at nine goals from 20 games and 13 in all competitions from 31 appearances.
Dortmund on their best run in 10 months
With five consecutive Bundesliga wins, Borussia Dortmund are currently on their best form in the competition since April-May 2025.
Back then, Kovac managed to get the best out of them as the Black and Yellows went from languishing near the mid-table to securing Champions League football with a fourth-place finish.
Now for the first time in the 2025-26 league season, Der BVB have won five games in a row, bettering their earlier run of four consecutive wins from August-September 2025.
Moreover, this was no regular win - it was Kovac's 100th in the Bundesliga from 216 games in the competition and a 23rd with Dortmund.
BVB must find their ruthless selves
The last two games have shown that Dortmund haven't been at their dominant self; just managed to get the job done. In a race as tight as this, a win is a win and it keeps them in it for longer.
But against bigger sides with better quality, BVB could see their bubble burst. Heidenheim and Wolfsburg were just too poor to make them pay for their defensive sloppyness.
But against big guns such as Bayern and Leipzig, who come up later this month, these performances could result in humiliating losses.
Dortmund must be more assertive and grab the game by the scruff of their neck, taking their chances clinically but while also maintaining a watertight backline.