Borussia Dortmund vs. Augsburg: Winners and Losers from Bundesliga Game

Borussia Dortmund may boast about their famous yellow wall at the Westfalenstadion when out of sight or behind closed doors, but once again on Wednesday we saw the famous Black and Yellow choke in front of their own demanding fans. 

This time it was to Augsburg—a small, compact club who brought with them a well-regimented side that have marched into an unprecedented fourth place in the Bundesliga under the stewardship of young coach Markus Weinzierl.

There was once a time when Dortmund were the young, cool kids on the block, with their own charismatic coach. Instead, this side looked more disturbed and lost than they have ever been this season. 

The former German champions have now only won one of their last six league matches and remain bottom of the table with two points between them and the rest of the Bundesliga. 

Here are the winners and losers from Wednesday's game.

From day to day, fans and critics will moan about one player or another, but ultimately, the history books will look back on this season and place almost all the blame for Dortmund's current situation on the manager. 

We could spend all day arguing over the fitness of Marco Reus, the form of Mats Hummels or the mental state of Shinji Kagawa or Henrikh Mkhitaryan, but ultimately it would prove useless; this team aren't staring relegation in the face because of individual mistakes every single week.

It's because they can't pass, can't defend and simply can't play as a team. An aspect of any squad, big or small, that always falls upon the manager to fix. 

Although Augsburg's goal early in the second half came about through a number of calamities between the Dortmund back line—and arguably wasn't very deserving up until that point in the match—it was Raul Bobadilla who was once again on hand to knock the ball into the back of the net. 

The Argentinian forward's goal proved incredibly important on the night, ultimately winning the match for Weinzierl's side, bringing his tally in the Bundesliga up to six for the season thus far. Not exactly a formidable record, but one that does well to underline how important he is to this high-flying side. 

Although it would be far too easy to blame every problem in Dortmund's season down to this fault, it would prove moronic to simply discuss Wednesday's game and not bring up the amount of individual mistakes that constantly haunt this side.

As stated by WhoScored, no team in the Bundesliga have conceded more goals through individual mistakes during open play than Dortmund this season. 

It's a problem of epidemic proportions, and it's undoubtedly effecting Klopp's side in a very literal sense—seen in the way they keep conceding goals and the mental anguish it keeps applying to the certain individuals who keep slipping up. 

Wednesday night's win over Dortmund now means that Augbsurg have claimed their 11th win of the season and move into fourth place in the Bundesliga with one point to spare. 

In a record breaking season for the league minnows, much of the applause has been directed at coach Weinzierl—and justifiably so. 

The young coach has completely transformed this relegation-troubled side and made them as hard to beat as any side in the league. Whether or not Augsburg ultimately reach Europe in May, it would be surprising if this coach isn't offered a position higher up the league. 

Although the picture above may unfairly represent Ciro Immobile during the only moment the Italian striker had in the game to score a goal, much of the blame that surrounds this forward's lack of goals actually falls on Klopp. 

Dortmund still have a large Robert Lewandowski-shaped hole in their team. It's far too easy to see. Yet instead of trying to fix such a problem and mould his side around his new striker, Klopp seems content with the prospect of his defence continually lumping the ball up to Immobile. 

Such a ploy is but a microcosm of the faults that litter this side and ultimately come back to the manager's inability to address them. If Dortmund want Immobile to start scoring goals and winning games, they'll have to first acknowledge that he's on the pitch.