Borussia Dortmund captain Marco Reus has apologised for letting his team-mates down with a red card in the chastening 4-2 derby defeat at home to Schalke.
Dortmund took an early lead through Mario Gotze but their afternoon and Bundesliga title hopes unravelled thereafter, with Daniel Caligiuri equalising from the penalty spot and Salif Sane giving the visitors a half-time lead at Signal Iduna Park.
The task looked even more arduous after Reus received his marching orders for a lunge on Suat Serdar. Then Dortmund’s hopes were compounded further as Caligiuri scored spectacularly from the resulting free-kick.