Nah. They had a couple bad games after he returned. 0-0 against Leverkusen and then a 1-0 home loss to Augsberg.
The clear catalyst of this improvement the last two games, was the switched frontline.
In the two prior matches that were losses, in attack they were playing:
Kampl--Reus--Aubameyang
Immobile
and
Kampl--Reus--Grosskreutz
Immobile
They switched that the last two matches to this:
Kampl--Kagawa--Reus
Aubameyang
Reus is much better playing on the wing than as an AM, and Aubameyang is much better playing up front in this particular Dortmund side than out wide in support of Immobile. Kagawa, or Mkh if he returns to form works much better as the AM than Reus, and Kampl has been a pleasant surprise on the other wing.
The shift of Reus back to winger, and Aubameyang as lone striker has made a massive difference. Aubameyang is twice the forward that Immobile is. The shift has allowed for 3 goals and 2 assists the last 2 matches for Aubameyang.
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Rus. The point, which you consistently fail to get, is that if Immobile was as talented and good as you make him out to be, we'd probably have brought him back and played him. We're playing Morata. We played Pogba. FFS, we played Pereyra frequently while he was 23 all this fall.
Get over it man. Immobile is a 10-20mil striker. We sold him for the most he'll ever be worth. That's a great bit of business.