'Dortmund have talked too much'

BVB moved off the bottom of the Bundesliga table with a 3-0 win over Freiburg on Saturday and one of their players says it's about time they started talking with their feet
Jakub Blaszczykowski says Borussia Dortmund have done too much talking and failed to back up their comments on the field this season.

A 3-0 victory over Freiburg saw BVB climb off the bottom of the Bundesliga table as they picked up just their fifth league win of the campaign on Saturday.

Last week also witnessed remarkable scenes in the aftermath of Dortmund's 1-0 defeat at home to Augsburg, where several players approached supporters in the stands to apologise for the display.

Blaszczykowski believes the playing squad have made too many false promises of an upturn in performances and said they must now do their talking on the pitch.

"I think we've talked enough," he told the club's official website. "Now we need to act on the field. At the moment we are simply not playing our normal game. No matter what we do, everything is going wrong.

"We have to try and play our own game, because it is only then that we can show our qualities completely. We have good moments on the pitch but they're outnumbered by the number of mistakes we make.

"Anyway, I think we've done enough talking. I would rather we now started to show something on the field."

The Poland international has only just returned from a lengthy lay-off after suffering a rupture of his anterior cruciate ligament in September, which was followed by a hamstring setback over Christmas.

"Even under heavy load my knee showed no reaction, I had no more pain. The only thing I am missing now is match practice. Training is very different to a game. Only after I've played many games will I get all my confidence back.

"But I won't go into a tackle with anything less than 100 per cent, otherwise I wouldn't be the same player. When I do something, I do it 100%."