The call from the stands was loud and clear. "On Saturday, it counts: Everybody for the derby win!", was written large on a banner that was unfurled after the defeat against Tottenham. In response, the team shouted repeatedly "We want the derby win!" from the bottom of their throats back at the fans. A win in the 151st Ruhr derby on Saturday could let BVB reclaim some of the credit and confidence lost in the last few weeks in a very short time.

After the game against Tottenham Hotspur in the UEFA Champions League, manager Peter Bosz, Mario Götze and Gonzalo Castro spoke to sky about BVB's performance. "Individual mistakes of that kind can simply not be allowed to happen at the level we are playing at", said Bosz, who added immediately after: "We have to win the derby now." Mario Götze seemed somewhat perplexed: "If we had known what would happen once again today after the score had been levelled at 1-1, then we would have played wit...