Borussia Mönchengladbach at the beginning of the second half of the season: “It doesn’t come much harder than that!” Mats Hummels, Thomas Tuchel and the rest of the team were sure of that after the convincing 3:1 victory on Saturday evening. Dortmund found the required voracity which had been missing a bit at FC Köln at the end of last year once again. Glancing at the table, the three points won in the Lower Rhine were extremely important.

With a goal and an assist to his name, Marco Reus was a key performer as BVB beat Mönchengladbach. In an interview with BVBtotal!, he spoke about the match, his performance and tactics.

Thomas Tuchel sees defence as the key to today's success. "We needed to put in a brave defensive performance - so I'd like to pay my compliments to the team," he said after the 3-1 win in Mönchengladbach.

Borussia Dortmund went unbeaten in the first match of a calendar year for the 12th time in a row, and have won eight and drawn four in this period. The last defeat at the start of a year came in January 2004.

"We have extended our lead over Mönchengladbach, Leverkusen and Hertha, which is fantastic," said a satisfied Mats Hummels in the aftermath of the match in Gladbach. "It was a real battle that we dealt with very well," added Julian Weigl. Here are the match reactions.