Head coach Sebastian Hoeneß: “Congratulations to Frankfurt for the win, but from our perspective it wasn’t a good evening. One the one hand, we can be pleased with the first half in general, but on the other hand, the red card in the second half – which was a correct decision – had a huge impact on the game. It allowed Frankfurt to increase the tempo once again in their own stadium, and we weren’t able to weather the period of pressure that resulted from that. It's now very important for us to shake off our emotions so that we can go into the upcoming DFB Cup match on Wednesday fully focused and with the right energy.”
Alexander Nübel: “It’s no advantage to be a man down but we still created chances after the sending-off. We were on top in the first half and Frankfurt were just waiting to pounce on the counter. It was a similar story in the second half. It was a really unlucky goal to concede but we never stopped fighting. It's a setback because we wanted to turn things around today. Now we have to clear our heads quickly as we have a big match coming up on Wednesday with the DFB Cup semi-final.”
Nick Woltemade: “We didn’t actually play badly being a man down. We should have been better and more decisive in a couple of situations, but Frankfurt are a very good team who are strong at home. If we’d had a bit of luck we could have equalised because we had the chances to do so. We’ve got another very important game on Wednesday and the opportunity to reach the DFB Cup final.”
