Subotic: Dortmund still aiming for Europe

The centre-back was pleased with his side's 3-2 win over Hannover on Saturday and is determined to make up ground on the teams above them in the table

Neven Subotic is hopeful that Borussia Dortmund can catch the sides battling for Europe after their 3-2 win against Hannover on Saturday.

Jurgen Klopp's men have turned their season around following a dreadful start to the Bundesliga campaign and now sit 10th in the table - five points behind the European qualifying spots.

A win against Hannover on Saturday helped Dortmund continue their recent revival, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang bagging a double at the Niedersachsenstadion, while Shinji Kagawa also scored.

Despite conceding twice to a side for whom Leonardo Bittencourt was sent off for two bookings in the second half, Subotic admitted Dortmund were happy to use the momentum from the win to chase sixth-place Augsburg.

"We were able to pull away a bit today from the teams below. Now we want to go for the place above us," he said after the 3-2 victory.

"We really wanted to take advantage after they went down to ten men and so made it 3-1. We also threatened a fourth, which would have been important for us, but again, we let an opponent come back into the game.

"Although they did well, we gifted them too many chances. We had a different idea of how to play against ten men, but we couldn't quite put it into practice on the field.

"Either way, the win is deserved. We had the better chances."

Player	Goals	Apps
A. Meier Midfielder Eintracht Frankfurt	19	26
A. Robben Midfielder Bayern München	17	21
R. Lewandowski Striker Bayern München	14	25
B. Dost Striker Wolfsburg	13	15
T. Müller Striker Bayern München	12	26