Ludwig Augustinsson: "We're at home and we let in two goals; that's simply not good enough. We failed to put them under any sort of pressure in the first half. We barely created any chances in the first 60 minutes.”
Davy Klaassen: “We struggled to get a hold of the game in the first half; we took a lot more risks in the second half. When they made it 2-0 we had nothing to lose. In my opinion the key moments decided the match.”
Maximilian Eggestein: “It’s a frustrating result. It was a very tactical affair between two even teams. Schalke scored with their first opportunity and their second goal was just a mistake from us. We didn’t do well enough with the chances that we had. When you go 2-0 down against such a strong defensive side as Schalke, it’s really difficult to come back. I wouldn’t say that Schalke were much better than us, but certainly more clever.”
Florian Kohfeldt: “It was a really tactical game in the first 60 minutes. I wasn’t happy about that. It was very even, but Schalke were clinical with their chances. For us, we were just missing that bit of quality in the final third. We didn’t pass the ball around well enough and didn’t take enough risks. We didn’t play with as much confidence as I had hoped. However we started to do this as soon as they made it 2-0; I’m not sure why. After that you could see what we are capable of. We started to play our football and almost made it 2-2. It’s a shame that we didn’t do this sooner.”
Frank Baumann: “We’re not happy. We didn’t perform well enough; we weren’t confident enough and didn’t have any sort of conviction. We only started to threaten them towards the end of the match. After they made it 2-0 we showed our character and created a number of chances, but we weren’t good enough without the ball. We were too passive; however I don’t believe Schalke were the better team.”
