Tuchel hails great Dortmund showing against PAOK

Thomas Tuchel lauded Borussia Dortmund's "great performance" after they maintained their unbeaten start to the season with a 1-1 draw at PAOK in the Europa League on Thursday.

The German side dominated for much of the encounter but had to rely on Gonzalo Castro's fortuitous equaliser after spending long spells behind to their hosts after Robert Mak netted the opener for the hosts.

Nevertheless, Tuchel was impressed with the way his team fought throughout to avoid a defeat heading into the weekend's crucial Bundesliga clash with Bayern Munich.

"I'm very satisfied," he told reporters. "It was a great team performance. We were great in the first half-hour.

"Then we conceded the goal out of nowhere. We were then completely dominant. We allowed [PAOK] almost no shots on [Dortmund's] goal until the 80th minute.

"We know our pace and quality can play a key role at the end of the game."

The draw in Thessaloníki is Dortmund's third consecutive one in all competitions, although they are still top of Europa League Group C.