Thomas Tuchel Says Dortmund Need a Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 'Who Doesn't Think too Much'

Published on: 25 February 2017

Borussia Dortmund manager Thomas Tuchel has encouraged striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang not too over-think his game after the 3-0 win over Freiburg.


Aubameyang scored twice to add toSokratis Papastathopoulos' earlier header, and Tuchel has urged the 27-year-old to keep his game simple after breaking a run of four games without a goal with the brace at Freiburg.


"We need an Auba who does not think too much and is always looking forward to his next chance,"Tuchel said, as quoted byGoal.

"We said among ourselves before the game that Auba needed an easy goal from a yard out or so to get going again. And that is what happened.


"It is important to enjoy the moment and put in another top performance in the DFB-Pokal [against Sportfreunde Lotte on Tuesday]."


Marco Reus played a key role in Aubameyang's first goal, nutmeggingCaglar Soyuncubefore crossing for the Gabon international to score.


"Auba already got one or two fine chances in the first half and he would have scored those with a bit more confidence," Reus said.

"But he still got two goals in the end. So everything is well again.


"Freiburg are extremely strong at home. They play some very good football for a team that won promotion last season. But we never gave them a way into the game.


"We should have been up by more than one goal at half-time. Things got easier for us after the second goal."


Dortmund remain third in the Bundesliga, 13 points behind Bayern Munich and their next match sees them take on Benfica in the Champions League on Wednesday.

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