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'We have to defend together' – Witsel slams Dortmund team-mates after 4-0 Hoffenheim drubbing

Axel Witsel has urged Borussia Dortmund to come back stronger next season after they closed the Bundesliga campaign with a 4-0 hammering at home to Hoffenheim.

Andrej Kramaric netted four times for the visitors as they booked a place in the Europa League qualifying rounds, while Dortmund, already sure of the runner-up spot, slipped to 13 points behind champions Bayern Munich.

Dortmund's humiliating end to the season did not sit well with Belgium international Witsel, as he criticised his team-mates for their poor defending.

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