Munich in the Bundesliga after three consecutive wins.
Borussia Dortmund closed the gap on Bundesliga leaders
Bayern Munich after seeing off Werder Bremen but coach
Thomas Tuchel insisted the title hopefuls are only "focusing on
ourselves".
Dortmund moved to within five points of the Bundesliga holders
thanks to a 3-1 victory over Bremen on Saturday.
Tuchel and Co. have won three league matches in succession to
keep pace with Bayern, who dropped points for the first time this
season when they drew 0-0 at Eintracht Frankfurt on Friday, but
the Dortmund boss is remaining grounded.
"When we look at the table, we only look at ourselves," Tuchel
said via Dortmund's official website.
"The signals that I am getting from the team are that we are
capable of focusing on ourselves and ourselves alone.
"We need to keep going - we haven't won anything yet."
Marcos Reus was the star of the show at the Westfalenstadion,
with his brace inspiring Dortmund.
The Germany international opened the scoring in the ninth
minute and sealed the points 18 minutes from time, after
Henrikh Mkhitaryan restored Dortmund's first-half lead
following Anthony Uhaj's equaliser.
"In the first half we had a few difficulties and were not able to
stop all of Bremen's counter-attacks early on. Taking a 2-1 lead
in at the break was definitely a bit lucky," Tuchel added.
"However, I'm extremely happy with the second 45 minutes. We
never lost our concentration and created gilt-edged chances to
score time and time again. I am very, very satisfied. I'd like to
pay a huge compliment to my team."
On Reus' performance in particular, Tuchel said: "He has always
shown how hard-working he is - even in phases where things
have not gone so well.
"Marco has always radiated self-confidence because he knows
what he can do. The fact things are going so well now is a great
feeling for all of us."
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