After the game, Bremen head coach Thomas Schaaf said: "We could have made the game a lot easier for ourselves if we had just played more calmly and clearly. We had actually worked on that during the week. But we never really believed that we could have done more here." Schaaf was clearly less than pleased with the showing. "We have to be aggravated, aggravated, aggravated," said the coach. And fans and observers can understand Schaaf's feeling as at least one point would have been deserved against the Champions League side from Leverkusen. "We should have gotten at least a draw," added the coach.
Deputy captain Clemens Fritz was also aggravated. "We wanted to get up into the upper third of the table so losing the point hurts, especially because we really didn't play too bad despite not reaching our 100 percent level. The game was absolutely open and was back and forth. We stood very well in the back. In the end, Leverkusen had that little bit of luck that we were missing today," said Fritz. Goalkeeper Tim Wiese, who had an excellent performance, added: "If you don't use your chances up front then a ping pong goal like that will go in. This is not just any team. Leverkusen play in the Champions League."