Reactions: “Not enough productive ideas going forward”
Reactions: “Not enough productive ideas going forward” (in the mixed zone): “Not a pleasant afternoon. For one thing, we’re worried about Niki Süle. On top of that, we lost a match due to two penalties – and you’d have to stretch the imagination to say those were justified under the rules.
He (referee Siebert, ed. ) didn’t even blow his whistle at first. Everyone in the stadium saw what happened.
Someone who wasn’t there might then say he should be sent off. But we have our own issues and we agree: we don’t need to point the finger at the referee. We could have shown more courage from the start.
Hoffenheim were clearly the more dominant side early on, even if they didn’t have clear-cut chances. If you’re precise in your build-up play, if you’re technically sound and accurate with your passing, you’ll get your chances. But we didn’t do that often enough.
In the second half, we were dominant, we pinned them back, but we didn’t put enough pressure on them to create enough clear-cut chances. ” Niko Kovac (at the press conference): “We saw TSG clearly dominate in the first half. We weren’t in the game.