MARCO Reus accepts Borussia Dortmund were not at their best in Saturday’s 1-0 win at Hannover in the Bundesliga.

Dortmund moved 13 points clear of third-placed Bayer Leverkusen with the victory, which was sealed by Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s long-range strike.

But Reus said the display was not up to scratch after a bright start.

“Quite simply, we didn’t play as well as we had done in the opening 10 minutes or so,” Reus told the Bundesliga’s official website.

“To be brutally honest, it wasn’t one of our best performances.

“We didn’t play the kind of football we are capable of for long periods of both halves.

“That’s why it was a scrappy encounter and that’s why we only won 1-0.”

• Culled from Soccerway.com