Two days after the 2-2 draw against VfL Wolfsburg Jürgen Klopp accepted “the point as a good result.” And even if the strong performance was not rewarded with a win and the players had “to run 124 kilometres to gain this point”, Borussia are looking to take the form and confidence from the match into the last tie of 2014.

“We are taking a lot of positives from this game,” said the Dortmund coach in the build-up to Saturday’s away trip to Bremen (kick-off: 1530 CET). That the game between bottom side Werder and 16th BVB is billed as a relegation six-pointer serves as further motivation: “We see this match as a chance to get out of the bottom zone,” said Klopp, adding: “What’s important is what people will say after the match, and I hope they have positive things to say about it from our point of view.”

Both sides have one thing in common – their form is on the rise, but they are stuck at the bottom end of the table. “If you look at Bremen’s performances without taking the results into consideration, you can see that they have a plan,” said Klopp. And that individual errors are costing goals, they not only know on the banks of the Weser but also on the banks of the Ruhr…