According to Nico Kovac, his team would only win one out of ten games against Borussia Dortmund: "and that was today". Thomas Tuchel explained that one of the reasons for the first Bundesliga defeat in 2016 was the bad defensive play in the beginning phase of the match.

Thomas Tuchel on the first half:
„We did not play in the beginning phase of the match, we found it difficult to find spaces. We actually wanted to keep the opponent far away from our goal, however instead we let them win set pieces in those areas and then we were careless in the way we defended them. After we went behind our game improved, we were faster and more focused. We had a huge chance to get the equaliser through Auba, after that we had a few good scenes and moved the ball up to their penalty area and we scored a goal that was unfortunately disallowed. This meant that Eintracht got that extra boost that they needed in order to win such a game."

... on the second half:

„We made changes tactically and to the team, but we could not win the game. It is also down to me. We were still totally in control. After this in my opinion Eintracht did not have another chance. Unfortunately we did not take advantage of the chances that we had. We are not happy about the defeat, but we can and we must accept it." (br)