Barcelona 3-1 Borussia Dortmund: 5 Things we learned from the game | Champions League 2019-20

#3 Julian Brandt flatters to deceive with underwhelming display

Despite improving upon Sancho's arrival, Brandt and other Dortmund attackers disappointed

Since his £20m summer move from Bayer Leverkusen, it's fair to say Julian Brandt has been average for Dortmund this season. A step-up in quality - both as far as teammates and his expectations are concerned - that is to be expected. After all, the Germany international turned 23 in May and is most notably known for being a surprise World Cup inclusion under Joachim Low over Leroy Sane last summer.

Nonetheless after tonight's showing, he has scored four goals and created three more in 18 appearances this term. For a player of his creative ability, that's just not good enough.

Only Corentin Tolisso, Hakim Ziyech (both 5) and Roberto Firmino (4) have more Champions League assists than him this term, but stats can be deceiving. He's featured in a variety of attacking positions - on both wings, in an attacking midfield role and more recently centre-forward: either by himself or alongside Marco Reus.

It seems like Favre isn't convinced about Brandt's best position yet, which in late November isn't exactly a welcome sign. Despite teeing up Sancho for Dortmund's consolation goal here, centre-forward clearly isn't his natural nor favoured role either.

He won three of ten duels, lost possession on 14 occasions - only Achraf Hakimi (16) had more and fluffed a promising opportunity from close-range, firing into ter Stegen's path when Julian could have placed it towards the far corner or deftly flicked it over his compatriot.