Fin Bartels: “From time to time we were very close. Who knows what would have happened if we’d scored? We can be very pleased with the performance in many areas, but in the end they converted their chances today and we didn’t. We’ve come away empty handed, which is disappointing.”
Maximilian Eggestein: “We left the pitch with our heads held high. We took what we learned in the last away game against Frankfurt and implemented it. Today was a different situation than against Hannover, where we controlled the game. We also had periods in which we were dominant today, but so did Leipzig. It was a very open game, and we dealt with that well. There were lots of positives, which is why it’s so disappointing to come away without any points.”
Thomas Delaney: “For me it wasn’t a typical game between two teams who are so far apart in the table. I feel like we held our own and we didn’t park the bus. We played well, had some good moments and asked Leipzig some questions. To my mind both teams had a similar number of chances, but a loss is a loss.”
Ludwig Augustinsson: “We were brave today, which is why it’s so disappointing to lose 2-0. Both the goals we conceded were really unlucky, but they happened too easily. The bottom line is we didn’t play well enough today.”
Florian Kohfeldt: “We put in a really strong performance against a Champions League team. We won the ball in some promising areas, occupied space and played some combination football. But we want points and we didn’t score any today, which is why we’re disappointed.”
Frank Baumann: “We were well set up against Leipzig. It was our goal to be compact, but also to free ourselves from their pressing and open up some space. In that, we succeeded. We were good on the ball, found ways to get forward, but the attacks didn’t end the way we wanted. The team can hold their heads high. They gave a strong performance, played with pace and covered a huge amount of ground. After 90 minutes we don’t have any more points on the board, and that’s what we need at the moment.”