Bundesliga – Koln vs Dortmund: Die Borussen headed into the future, four points shy of the league leaders Bayern. The club was in a situation where they could not drop any points and hope the Bavarians do to stay in the title race.
However, on Sunday Die Schwarzgelben had to settle for a 1-1 draw against a resilient Cologne team. The visitors were not clinical enough on the day and were only able to get a point.
The contest saw the hosts on the better side of the possession stats and managed to score in their only attempt on target. Their opponents were not able to dominate the game by any means which resulted in very few created chances.
Marius Wolf put the away side up in the 8th minute. Sebastian Andersson, however, pulled it back to level in the 36th minute.
Bundesliga – Koln vs Dortmund: Match report
FC Koln: Marvin Schwäbe 6.5, Benno Schmitz 6, Luca Kilian 6.8, Timo Hubers 6.9, Janes Horn 7.7, Salih Ozcan 6.7, Ondrej Duda 6.8, Mark Uth 7.5, Luis Schaub 6.5, Sebastian Andersson 7.5, Antonio Modeste 6.5.
Substitutes: K Ehizibue 7, Jan Thielmann 6.2, Tomas Ostrak N/A, M Olesen N/A.
Scorer: Andersson 36’.
Dortmund: Gregorio Kobel 6.2, Manuel Akanji 6.9, Emre Can 6.8, Rafael Guerrero 6.3, Félix Passlack 5.5, Axel Witsel 7, Jude Bellingham 6.9, Juan Reyna 7.2, Thorgan Risk 6.6, Marius Wolf 6.7, Erling Haaland 6.3.
Substitutes: Mats Hummels 6.4, Julián Brandt 5.2, D Malen N/A, Pongracic N/A.
Scorer: Wolf 8’.
Bundesliga – Koln vs Dortmund: Managers’ reactions
FC Köln’s Steffen Baumgart: “They’ve won six of their last nine games, drawn twice and only got their ass kicked off by Leverkusen, which can happen anytime. It will I did everything too badly. The team found itself, made a development. I think they are playing a good season.”
Borussia Dortmund’s Marco Rose: “We couldn’t get the wings closed. They were very active in the game. The next half hour until the break was only Cologne.
“Totally fair equalization before the break.They cross very well there and have guys in there who can convert the crosses, as the 1:1 proved.
“They pushed us back. We had too little pressure on the ball and then they sent in one cross after the other and scored. We improved after the break and had our chances to win and we are disappointed.
“For me, a very fair draw,”
