Mats Hummels has aimed a dig at his Borussia Dortmund team-mates despite a morale-boosting weekend victory.
The veteran defender has written off his team's Bundesliga title hopes ahead of Thursday night's Europa League clash with Rangers.
A 3-0 win over Union Berlin brought some much needed positivity to the German giants in the wake of a 5-2 demolition at the hands of Bayer Leverkusen.
Hummels missed that bruising defeat through illness and observed he "didn't see too many players interested in defending".
But the centre-back insists they cannot even begin to consider being champions yet, despite cutting Bayern Munich's lead at the top back to six points.
He said: "Honestly, I'm glad we were able to increase the gap on the fifth-placed team.
"In order to compete with a team like Bayern Munich, we have to bring a lot more to the pitch.
"When I watched us against Bayer Leverkusen, I didn't see too many players who were interested in defending.
"It's clear we didn't listen to what our manager had told us before the Leverkusen game. If you are serious about challenging, you can't play that way.
"Against Union, we had more stability because we had defensive midfielders helping us.
"Maybe at some point in the future we can dream, but I don't see that happening at the moment."
BVB captain Marco Reus netted a double in the German capital and will be a real threat to Rangers this week.
And he's urged his colleagues to put everything into winning the Europa League - a competition Dortmund are not normally in.
He said: "This is a new competition for us. There's also a trophy up for grabs.
"Rangers are a strong team. The outcome won't be decided on Thursday, both legs will be very important to the outcome. We accept the challenge.
"We will go back to training this week and give everything for this game.
"To win like that in Berlin was excellent. It was exactly the reaction everyone wanted to see after last week.
"We had to defend a lot in the second half, but Union are a good team at the top end of the table and to get a clean sheet was important.
"I believe we can build on this for Thursday's game in Europe.
"We are only concentrating on ourselves and not looking at the table. We know we haven't been consistent enough and there's no point looking ahead.
"When we play to our strengths, we are a good team. We have to look at our own performances and the rest will take care of itself."
