Xhaka: 'Gladbach must respond'

Granit Xhaka has urged Borussia Monchengladbach to produce an immediate response to the 4-0 loss to Borussia Dortmund.

Lucien Favre's side made a disastrous start to the new season with an emphatic defeat at Signal Iduna Park last weekend, and Xhaka claims that there will be no excuse if they fail to improve on the disappointing display when Mainz 05 visit on Sunday afternoon.

"From the first to the last second nothing went well for us. It was as if we weren't even on the pitch. We showed them far too much respect. There's no doubt Dortmund played well," the Swiss midfielder told the Bundesliga website.

"We have to realise that it didn't just happen. The coach showed us statistics after the game that revealed every one of us ran a kilometre less compared with our average from last season.

"The defeat teaches us a lot of lessons and brings us back down to earth. Everyone knows that he has to do more, fight more and run more. It's not enough playing attractive football in the Bundesliga."

Gladbach and Mainz played out a 2-2 draw when the teams last met in March.