"In the second half, we didn't manage to put together combinations as we had done in the first", raged Manuel Akanji after drawing 2-2 against Bremen. Thomas Delany fumed that "it's not the first time that a game has panned out like this for us."

Lucien Favre: "We already had the chance to make it 3-0 in the first half. We also had another three chances in the second half to put the match to bed today. It was important that we stayed calm and created chances on goal. Then we conceded two silly goals. There's nothing to say about Roman. Irrespective of what has happened today, he has played a great season and has already saved us a lot of points. We needed to clear our lines with greater conviction when they scored their second. We're not dreamers. We need to win the final home game and hope that Bayern trip up. That's our only hope."

Manuel Akanji: "In the second half, we didn't manage to put together combinations as we had done in the first. We also won fewer tackles, and we let Bremen back into the game as a result. We knew that Bremen would press us hard again. We needed to stay strong in the face of that, but we didn't do that well, the result of which was us conceding two goals. Even if things aren't going well, we must defend better as a unit and keep the pressure on. We need to give our all two more times now, and then we'll see what we get from that."

Thomas Delaney: "It's not the first time that a game has panned out like this for us. We simply had to do better after the break. We had a number of chances ourselves, and the two goals we conceded arose from situations that weren't all that dangerous. Football can be like that. We knew Bremen would be strong, and they also played a good game in the second half. But we need to be in it across the entire 90 minutes, not just one half. We're not completely done, but it doesn't look great, of course."
Transcribed by Timo Lammert