Signal Iduna Park hasn't witnessed such a one-sided game for quite some time. The 1-0 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach was well deserved. For Borussia Dortmund, however, it was just one more step in the right direction. BVB coach Jürgen Klopp urged caution: "We're not completely out of the woods yet."

Fantastic form

"Playing such confident football, I take my hat off to that," said Jürgen Klopp after the game. From the kick-off his team were in fantastic form, you could even call it Champions League form.

"Dortmund deserved their win, they were much better than us," Gladbach coach Lucien Favre summed it up. Going forward BVB created a host of chances, not least because they won almost all the balls in the middle of the pitch (especially through Bender and Kehl). "We created so many fantastic opportunities, really put the pressure on our opponents. That was the key to victory," Erik Durm explained.

Defensively they were much more solid too. Borusssia only allowed one shot on goal in 90 minutes, the lowest number since records began back in 1991. Christoph Kramer, the scorer of Gladbach's own goal (58 mins.), said: "We never had the feeling we would start posing them any danger. BVB are really strong team."

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Still room for improvement

The team's ability to convert their chances is, to put it mildly, still not quite optimal. Out of 22 shots on goal, none of them managed to find their way into the back of the net. Reus (2’, 9’, 59’), Piszczek (29’), Mikhitaryan (37’), and Aubameyang (45’, 90’) wasted the best opportunities, but were also denied by the woodwork twice.

In the end it needed the assistance of Gladbach's Christoph Kramer, who scored a spectacular own goal from 50 yards out, to hand BVB victory. Klopp: "I think if Gladbach hadn't scored I don't think we would have either."

The statistics for the Black and Yellows show that with 71 goalscoring chances and a higher than average ratio of shots on target (17/45) they are only averaging 1.09 goals per game so far this season. Their scoring ratio is thereby just 17 percent, compared to a much healthier 41 percent for their opponents, who've scored 17 goals from 42 opportunities.

The match winners

The entire "BVB family". The team, who played a "sensational game" (Erik Durm). The coaching staff, who, using a variety of measures, are slowly but surely helping BVB find their way out of the results crisis. The officials, who even in the most difficult times have managed to keep their calm. The fans, whose support nearly left Jürgen Klopp speechless on Sunday: "We were carried by the most extraordinary set of supporters there is."

League standings

BVB went into game 11 lying 17th in the table, a after Bremen's 2-0 win against Stuttgart they were even in bottom place for a period of 21 hours. Thanks to their first league victory since 13 September 2014 Borussia climbed up to 15th place. "This was a victory with a lot riding on it, including our position in the table," said BVB's sporting director Michael Zorc, adding," Lately I've been saying over and over that I'd been seeing an upward trend for us, even if that wasn't being reflected in the table. This was a continuation of what we have been seeing to some extent over the past few weeks, but it was only a first step." Klopp: "Our points tally has finally reached double figures. It's crazy. (...) But we're not completely out of the woods yet."

Keeping up the momentum

After the international break BVB will travel to newly promoted SC Paderborn. Klopp: "This will be a difficult task. Five or six lads from our reserve side who also used to be in my squad are playing for them now. For Paderborn this is their game of the year." Shinji Kagawa said: "We need to get some consistency now, play our football and stick at it."