Thomas Tuchel believes any criticism of Borussia Dortmund should be directed at him after their 2-1 defeat to Eintracht Frankfurtlast time out.
Dortmund went into the trip to Frankfurt on the back of a run of four successive wins across all competitions, a streak during which they scored 15 goals.
Jurgen Klopp had seven unbelievably successful seasons here. We will now try to create a new chapter at a high level. Klopp created a great foundation. We must build on that. This, taken from Thomas Tuchel’s first press conference as Borussia Dortmund manager in June, is textbook spiel. Nine months on, the quotes have more substance.