"It required a lot of bravery and courage, and we showed that tonight!"

Thomas Tuchel: "I thought the second half was very good, the first half not so much. But you also have to admit the match never really went our way today. The first goal was scored from an offside position. For their second, Sven was practically forced into the own goal. The third goal we conceded was our own fault. So it's virtually two own goals and one offside goal. Things just didn't go so well for us. After the break we wanted to try to get in behind them more and create a lot of pressure through Pulisic down the right. We knew that we would get chances and that the gaps would get bigger. Unfortunately, the game never really went our way. After pulling one back, we had a period of sustained pressure but unfortunately the second goal eluded us. Our crosses and balls in were slightly lacking in accuracy. An equaliser would have obviously given us an enormous boost. But then we conceded the third goal. By the end we had only given them two shots on goal but had conceded three. Monaco simply have a very effective way of playing. You can't overlook our personnel situation either: so many players were unavailable tonight that we were not even able to name a full substitutes' bench. That's absolutely absurd.

We're facing a big challenge in the return leg. We will continue to believe and try everything. It required a lot of bravery and courage, and we showed that tonight. Perhaps it also helped us to do something and distract ourselves with football for the 90 minutes. In the second half in particular, my team did very well. Unfortunately, after the events of Tuesday, we were not in the best condition. That's tough to take, because our Champions League dream was at stake here. We've tried to make the best of it and we will try to dust ourselves down for next week. We don't want to be knocked out and we will continue to believe."

Nuri Sahin: "Once we'd gone 3-1 down, I said to the lads on the pitch that we needed to get at least one more goal and that that one goal could ultimately be worth its weight in gold. Fortunately, we managed to get it and I believe that that second goal could be very significant for us next week. I wouldn't wish what happened to us yesterday on anyone. It only really dawned on me how lucky we were when I came home and saw my wife and son standing in the doorway. I know football's like this and we have to continue. But it's important not to forget that we're just human beings too. It wasn't a nice feeling to have to play so soon after what happened."

"Marc, we're all thinking of you"

Julian Weigl: "Everyone feels different in different situations – and that applies to yesterday, too. But at the start of the match you could see the events were hanging over us. In the second half we were able to detach ourselves from it for a while, switch off our thoughts and break free to a certain extent. Fortunately we managed to get a kind-of acceptable result in the end. There were no other alternatives than to play tonight. But it was really difficult for us. I think the majority of us didn't get much sleep, myself included. I tried to come to terms with it with my family, tried to wind down and switch off. In the end we made the best we could of the match.

My message to Marc Bartra would be that we're all thinking of you! We fought for you! I'll definitely be coming to pay you a visit this week!" (djg)