What Marco Reus thinks of Rangers as Dortmund tensions continue to simmer with Mats Hummels dig

Mats Hummels has aimed a dig at his Borussia Dortmund team-mates despite a morale-boosting weekend victory.

The veteran defender has written off his team's Bundesliga title hopes ahead of Thursday night's Europa League clash with Rangers.

A 3-0 win over Union Berlin brought some much needed positivity to the German giants in the wake of a 5-2 demolition at the hands of Bayer Leverkusen.

Hummels missed that bruising defeat through illness and observed he "didn't see too many players interested in defending".

But the centre-back insists they cannot even begin to consider being champions yet, despite cutting Bayern Munich's lead at the top back to six points.

He said: "Honestly, I'm glad we were able to increase the gap on the fifth-placed team.

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"In order to compete with a team like Bayern Munich, we have to bring a lot more to the pitch.

"When I watched us against Bayer Leverkusen, I didn't see too many players who were interested in defending.

"It's clear we didn't listen to what our manager had told us before the Leverkusen game. If you are serious about challenging, you can't play that way.

"Against Union, we had more stability because we had defensive midfielders helping us.

"Maybe at