article_snippet.sent: Dejected Dortmund players Neven Subotic, Mats Hummels, Sokratis and Ciro Immobile after Saturday's loss .
article_snippet.sent: a difficult season in which the club have flirted with relegation has been one of struggle for Dortmund .
article_snippet.sent: Sitting in 10th position, Dortmund find themselves 37 points behind rivals and league leaders Bayern Munich.
article_snippet.sent: But even this is an improvement on a catastrophic first half of a difficult season in which the club have flirted with relegation in which themselves won just four league games before the winter break and sat bottom for three weeks.
article_snippet.sent: themselves suffered further embarrassment in Premier League, beaten 3-0 at home by Juventus in the second leg of themselves last-16 tie to complete a 5-1 aggregate defeat.