Niklas Moisander: “We started the game well, but the period of the match starting with their equalizer until half time was very poor from us. Again, we weren’t aggressive enough. In the second half, we had one or two good opportunities where we could have scored, but on the other hand, Dortmund could have scored more than they did as well.”
Marco Friedl: “We started the game really well and got ourselves into the lead, just like we set out to do. Then we managed to throw it away in no time at all. We wanted to steady ourselves after we took the lead, but we just didn’t manage to do that. It was my fault and I’m very frustrated at myself for that. We lost the game in the period before half time. It was a more balanced game in the second half and we had good chances through Maxi Eggestein and Josh Sargent, along with Davie Selke’s header. But we deserved to lose on balance.”
Florian Kohfeldt: “Up until the equalizer we played well. We took the lead and did well in transition and duels. But the phase ahead of the interval was not like that at all. We completely lost our heads. We made big mistakes and conceded a very unnecessary penalty as well, and that cost us the game. Both teams had chances in the second half but overall, I’m extremely frustrated. A game lasts for 90 minutes, not 75. Two of the goals we conceded were pure slapstick, the penalty was totally unnecessary, and the first goal also came following a mistake.”
