Thomas Tuchel (Bayern Munich coach): “I was very nervous today. The game was a bit too open, too wild for me. We want to have more dominance and control in the opposing half. It was too sloppy in the second half, but the will to work against the ball was there available at all times. That will give us peace, confidence and a desire to continue to improve. There are a lot of positive things and at the same time there is still a lot of room for improvement.”
Edin Terzic (Borussia Dortmund coach): “Gregor Kobel is the reason why we came here as leaders. Of course he’s sorry, but it’s important to me that we classify it correctly. It took us too long to shake off the setbacks. Then we still have it tried once in the second half, but it’s the way it is: We have to get on the plane very disappointed. That hurts. Now it’s a matter of processing that, then we’ll look at the table tomorrow: It’s still there only two points behind the leaders.”
Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund goalkeeper): “I have no idea how the ball slipped through there. I don’t know. Nice shit. There are just shitty days – and today was one of those. Of course it’s on me and hurts a lot. Unfortunately, I’m with the team “We can’t help. A game like today’s is certainly harder to take than others. We need to get even closer together.”
Thomas Müller (Captain Bayern Munich): “Those were classic striker goals, you have to be there. We had a lot of chances, but overall we still have room to improve. We had a lot of easy turnovers, again and again, and we have to score at least three, maybe even four more goals. But we have I saw the importance of this game today. And in the end it’s the result that counts. Overall we’re happy, even though there’s still a lot of work to do.”
Joshua Kimmich (midfielder Bayern Munich): “We had a nervous start, you could tell that there was a lot at stake for us. Then we took the lead relatively happily. We didn’t control the game for 90 minutes, it was a bit wild. On the other hand, we had chances Eight or nine goals. We have to try to get more control and more rest periods. We need a little more time and then we’ll improve.”
Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund captain): “How should I explain that? Everyone has seen it. Gregor has won so many games for us this season, it’s just bitter. A goal like that has to be let go on the pitch first, then we get the 2-0 through a set piece – then it’s even harder to come back. We’re only human too, so things like that don’t leave us unaffected. But everything I say doesn’t mean anything to us: we’re two points down again. It wasn’t a good evening. But we did already gained more points.”
Lothar Matthäus (Sky expert): “Somehow, when the Dortmunders come here, no matter how big their chest: It doesn’t work here. They don’t have any self-confidence here. If the cohesion remains, if they can turn the lever now – then BVB can still become champions. Thomas Tuchel put a lot of emphasis on the defensive at Bayern, made a lot of corrections, also slowed down, that’s definitely a big change.”