Lucien Favre bemoaned Borussia Dortmund's mistakes in its shock loss to Augsburg as the slumping Bundesliga leader opened the door for Bayern Munich.
Dortmund's title bid suffered another damaging blow as Ji Dong-won's brace led host Augsburg to a 2-1 victory Friday.
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Favre's Dortmund was unable to make the most of its opportunities, giving reigning champion Bayern the chance to move level on points atop the table if it beats Borussia Monchengladbach on Saturday.
Reflecting on the result – a loss that left Dortmund with just one win in its past five Bundesliga matches – head coach Favre told reporters: "I think we played okay.
"We were dominant and had many chances. Five or six great chances. But we made unnecessary mistakes. Our opponent didn't have as many chances.
"We have to accept it, but it happened, unfortunately."
Not even the return of Marco Reus from injury could lift Dortmund, with the captain making his first Bundesliga appearance since February 2.
On Reus, Favre added: "We have to stay cautious with Marco Reus. We have to meter his minutes. It was the plan today for him to play 60 minutes.
"We will see in the next games how he handles it. Today we just didn't want to have a setback. We will keep an eye on him, how many minutes are good for him, if he maybe has to go out at halftime or something like that."
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