If they really want to win the league then the winning mentality is the basic they need and try to be consistent in order to capitalise on every mistake or drop of point by the mighty bayern munich, who was really disappointing yesterday and got trash by Frankfurt 5 goals to 1 but is usually like this for them every season when they get a shocking defeat but i hope Xabi and his men will not slack off because of this
Unfortunately Xabi Alonso team did not profit much from Bayern Munich humiliating defeat and got only one point from their game against Stuttgart. Bayer Leverkusen were playing away vs a team that is doing pretty good this season in Bundesliga. They were pushing and trying to score and Leverkusen tried too but their opponent were concentrated to not lose home.
This round in Bundesliga is crazy with a lot of unexpected results. Even Dortmund lost home vs Leipzig which increased the gap to 4 points.
Dortmund is the roller coaster team of the Bundesliga. I still struggle to understand how they were able to pass the Champions League group and get into the next round early. But I highly doubt that they will be able to pass two more rounds in the Champions Leagues they are just too weak and unstable. I am sure they will soon be punished for that. 11 points behind Leverkusen, only 1 win in the last 5 games... Is Terzic going to be sacked soon?
Dortmund erratic nature is unquestionable because thats how they started out. Its just that their performance is actually still very good in my opinion.
Their situation with this tight schedule is complicated. They previously lost to Leipzig also because they lost a player due to a red card but were able to hold back and even continue to reduce the gap but on the other hand they still have a number of things that need to be improved so that their very good performance is covered with inconsistencies in defense which sometimes it is detrimental to Dortmund itself.
Losing a player due to a red card is part of the game and I saw the scene how Hummels knocked down the Leipzig player, come on what did he think when he is going to go through with a tackle like that? It was strange because it was complex for the referee to make the right call as it wasn't clear whether it was inside or outside the box, which means inside the box it is penalty + yellow card and outside the box it is free kick + red card, which was then corrected from yellow to red + free kick.
But I am confused that you say their performance is very good as they have lost most of their games in the last few weeks and only won a single game in the Bundesliga besides the game in the Champions League. They got eliminated from the DFB Cup as well. It doesn't sound to me as if they are performing well.