The reaction to the Leipzig game

Florian Kohfeldt: “Our performance in the first half was good, despite the two set pieces. That completely ruined our game. In the second half we wanted to take control of the game, but then they scored their third straight away. After that Leipzig limited us to only a handful of chances. It looked as if we didn’t have enough fight, but that wasn’t the case. We didn’t give up without a fight; the stats prove this.

Frank Baumann: “The situation gets worse and worse when we don’t pick up any points. No one expected us to come away from Leipzig with any points. We simply made it too easy for them to score. It’s difficult to come back from that when you’re in our position.

Theodor Gebre Selassie: “The training camp was good for us. We had lots of important conversations. We now need to focus on the upcoming games.”

Milot Rashica: “We need to be braver and play better. No matter who plays, everyone has to give 100%. The team and the club come first. The team spirit is there, but we need to prove that we have character.”

Leonardo Bittencourt: “We worked intensively in the training camp. But we knew that we wouldn’t just automatically win here. We spoke a lot, pulled ourselves together and now we have twelve important games ahead of us.”

Davy Klaassen: “We spoke a lot with each other in the training camp and worked hard. It was important for the next few months, not just for this one game. I think the training camp has taken us a step forward.”

Frank Baumann: “We will continue working hard to get ourselves out of this situation. There are always ups and downs in the Bundesliga. We’re in a huge down at the moment. But we know what we have available to us and we want to give the team the best possible opportunity to play successful football again.”