Leverkusen post-match reaction

Florian Kohfeldt: “It wasn’t really a game for the spectator today. It was a day when not much fell for us and passes were over hit. But it is also a quality, to be able to get a point against such a top team. Both teams defended very well today so I am not that unhappy with the result. We can’t be happy with our attacking performance today, but the defensive display and the way we fought was great.”

Sebastian Langkamp: “It was a good result against a strong Leverkusen team. Both teams didn’t get much going today. It is always a bit strange at the end of the season when there isn’t as much to play for. You could see that the strength wasn’t there. We made too many mistakes but we are happy with the point.”

Maximilian Eggestein: “You have to consider that Leverkusen are fighting to get into the Champions League. They have a lot of individual quality and so a draw is a decent result. But we always go into a game wanting to win, it is just a shame that we didn’t do that today. It wasn’t a great game today though, with not many goalscoring opportunities.”

Thomas Delaney: “We weren’t alert enough, we were always a step off the pace and we made a lot of mistakes today. I would’ve liked to have seen us play better today but we’ll make do with a point.”

Zlatko Junuzovic: “It was quite an intense game. Leverkusen played with a lot of variety, switching positions quite a lot and always looking for the gaps in the defence. So they made life difficult for us. We didn’t do enough going forward and we didn’t create enough clear-cut chances.”

Theodor Gebre Selassie: “I will really miss Zlatko. It still doesn’t feel real but when we come back after the summer break and he’s not here, it will be really strange. But that’s football. He will play somewhere else but we have become great friends here and I will continue to stay in close contact with him.”

Sebastian Langkamp: “I am really happy to have gotten to know Zlatko Junuzovic in the last four months. His departure is really sad, of course, but we need to respect his decision. Despite this, he is a huge part of this football club.”

Maximilian Eggestein: “It was a really sad moment. Zlatko Junuzovic has shaped this team. I can still remember my first season here, when he got 20 assists and just churned out free-kick after free-kick.”

Florian Kohfeldt: “This season has been a huge effort. Therefore the players have got two days off and then we will have to squeeze all of our preparation into a few days but we will be fully focused on the game. I am looking forward to it and we want to win there and end the season on a good note.”

Maximilian Eggestein: “Both us and Mainz are now both clear of the relegation battle. We want to win so that we can take the positivity with us into the summer break and then come back still on a high in pre-season. We will put our all into starting the season well. We don’t want to have a poor start to the season like in recent years and fall straight into a slump.”