#4 Both the managers will be wary of the poor defensive performance
While the game between Dortmund and Monaco could be picked out as a fine exhibition of attacking football, both the managers, viz. Leonardo Jardim and Tuchel will be frustrated with their side’s inability to put in solid defensive performances.
It was the inability of Matthias Ginter, who was deployed as a right-back for Dortmund during the first half that led to the visitors’ second goal as he allowed Andrea Raggi to put in a cross that Sven Bender, unfortunately, headed into his own net. The German side’s misery was completed late in the game when Mbappe latched on to a loose ball from Piszceck and with the Dortmund defence maintaining a high line, there was no chance of them catching up to the brilliant youngster.
As for Monaco, they did not deal with the threat of Aubameyang appropriately early in the second half and allowed the Gabonese international to direct a brilliant pass into the path of Shinji Kagawa. The second Dortmund goal too came as a result of Monaco failing to stop Kagawa in the box despite the presence of numerous defenders.
