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Lucien Favre Praises Borussia Dortmund's Character After Win Over Bayer Levurkusen

Borussia Dortmund moved to the top of the Bundesliga table on Saturday, after coming from behind to beat Bayer Leverkusen 4-2 in a thrilling match.

Favre's team found themselves 2-0 down before half-time, courtesy of goals from Mitchell Weiser and Jonathan Tah. However, Dortmund regrouped at half-time and remerged from the tunnel a change side. A combination of Bruun Larsen and Marco Reus put the visitors level, before super-sub Pablo Alcácer bagged a late brace to win the game in exhilarating style.

Speaking to Borussia Dortmund's official website, Favre said this about his side's dramatic comeback: "You always need to believe in yourselves.