Borussia Dortmund, led by his new coach, Niko Kovac, was suddenly defeated by the Bochum team, 2/0, in a meeting that witnessed a faded performance by the Borussia Drogmund team, and this loss came to put additional pressure on the Croatian coach, who is seeking to return the team to the right track since he took responsibility.

In his remarks, Kovac said: "We lost today in front of the clinical arrangement, we knew exactly what was waiting for us here, in the first half, we got some of the opportunities achieved, but we did not take advantage of them as required."

He continued: "As for the second half, we did not create almost any chances, we acquired the ball, but we were completely weak in front of the opponent's goal, this is absolutely unacceptable, we must start winning immediately."

This defeat came at a sensitive time for Kovac, who was newly appointed to lead Borussia Dortmund to succeed Nuri Shaheen, and the new coach faces great challenges to return the team to his usual level, especially with fierce competition in the German League and the Champions League.