Niko Kovac’s Comment Following Bayern’s Defeat in Der Klassiker

Niko Kovac

DBasia.news – Europe football lovers just witnessed the intense match of the best football match class in Derk Klassiker between Bayern Munchen against Borussia Dortmund at Signal Iduna Park on the 11th-week Bundesliga on Sunday (11/11).

Led the match by Robert Lewandowski’s goal at 26′, Marco Reus successfully equalized at 49′. Responding by Lewandowski at 52′, Reus once again became the nightmare for Manuel Neuer and equalized the score at 67′.

Paco Alcacer was Die Borussien’s decisive hero by his goal at 73′. Bayern went home defeated with a 2-3 score.

Despite the failure to preserve the victory and got another defeat, Die Roten manager Niko Kovac didn’t feel disappointed at all of the result. Moreover, he thinks the player performed fantastically in 90 minutes.

“We saw a fantastic football match from both sides today. It was an open game. In the first half, we had the game in hand, in the second half Dortmund (did),” Kovac said reported by Goal.

“Unfortunately, we lost the game, even though it could have been a draw. You can be satisfied with the performance. That was the best game since Schalke: playful, combative and tactical, especially in the first half. We will have to build on that and deliver more games in the future,” he added.

The defeat against Dortmund makes Thomas Muller and friends stay in the third position but might drop to the fourth position if RB Leipzig could achieve three points in the match against Bayer Leverkusen. Moreover, Kovac’s future as the manager is also uncertain.

In contrary to Bayern, the three points bring Lucien Favre squad stay strong leading the table. They are also unbeaten yet in the Bundesliga competition.