No victory, but a convincing performance! Peter Stöger was very satisfied with his team's display in Bremen. Turning his attentions to the league table, the coach said: "By winning next week, we can secure our place in the Champions League. I'm sure that we'll achieve our objective."

Peter Stöger on the balance of play:
"It was a very, very good football match and I'm very, very content with the performance we produced. Ten minutes before the half-time break there was a spell where we weren't as active and we were punished. But otherwise we had a great game and created a lot of chances for ourselves. Due to the chances we had, we'd have liked to have got the three points. But we're well aware of how difficult it is to win here. So we're not dissatisfied with the result we've got here."

...on Mario Götze:
"He's currently on really good form. He's judged differently to other players. Positive things can be seen as over-exuberance and when something doesn't work out so well, it's immediately assessed very negatively. If one allows him to work in peace, then he's capable of playing really, really good football. It can be expected that he'll stay in the starting line-up for the Mainz match."

...on the Champions League ambitions and a possible second-placed finish:
"The situation above us is difficult. We'd have that [second place] in our own hands if we'd won the match today. Then our situation going into the final two matches would be much better. We're focused on the things we can control ourselves. By winning next week, we can secure our place in the Champions League. I'm sure that we'll achieve our objective." (br)