After another defeat and just seven months into his reign at Borussia Dortmund, is manager Nuri Sahin already on the brink of losing his job?

Dortmund are 10th in the Bundesliga, 20 points behind leaders Bayern Munich and seven away from Stuttgart who are fourth.

They would have gone third in the Champions League table on Tuesday but they conceded two goals in two minutes against Bologna to lose their fourth consecutive game of 2025.

Dortmund have now lost four consecutive matches in all competitions, something that has only happened to the club once (six in a row in March and April 2000) in the past 30 years.

The defeat means Dortmund are 13th and must get a result against Shakhtar Donetsk in their final league phase game to have the chance to qualify automatically for the knockouts.

For the first time in the competition, the German side have lost multiple games after scoring the opening goal.

Former manager Edin Terzic, who guided them to the Champions League final last season, departed the club in June when he felt “the club’s new era should begin with a new man on the touchline”.

Turkish boss Sahin, who started his career at Dortmund and played more than 250 games for the club, was chosen as that man but the club’s season has spiralled with inconsistent performances and defeats.

Former Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has already been linked, external with taking over should Sahin get sacked.