FEATURE | 3 things learnt as Borussia Dortmund suffer defeat against Manchester City

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Phil Foden scored a brace to secure a 4-1 win for Manchester City side against a Borussia Dortmund side that have been notably strong defensively this season. But that wasn’t the case at the Etihad Stadium.

Here’s three things we learnt.

Defensive problems for Dortmund

With the return of Nico Schlotterbeck after a bout of flu, Borussia Dortmund fielded arguably their best defence: Waldemar Anton, Schlotterbeck and Ramy Bensebaini, with Julian Ryerson and Daniel Svensson at wing-back. But despite having the second best defensive record in the Bundesliga, there was some horrific defending on show against Manchester City.

Drifting into a central position when…