Borussia Dortmund manager Lucien Favre was waxing lyrical about the club's captain Marco Reus following their 2-1 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Both sides looked laboured at the Westfalenstadion on Friday and they spent most of the first half feeling each other out, although a moment of brilliance from Jadon Sancho broke the deadlock just before the break.
Although the clock was ticking down, Gladbach were able to pull themselves back into the match before half time, but Marco Reus scored the winning goal for Borussia Dortmund after getting on the end of an inch-perfect pass from Mario Götze.