Thomas Schaaf:
"We didn't watch out in the first minute. But then we controlled the match and did not allow Schalke any chances until their goal and created a number of chances for ourselves. But we missed the chance to add on. Instead, we made unnecessary mistakes and conceded the goal out of the blue. Then we didn't finish off our actions."
Klaus Allofs:
"This defeat is absolutely aggravating because it was absolutely unnecessary. I see two reasons for it. When I think about Kevin De Bruyne running onto the goal on his own but it was called off and on the challenge which led to the free kick to make it 1-1, the referee was not always right with his decisions and we made too many mistakes. And you cannot make too many mistakes in a match like this."
Aaron Hunt:
"This defeat really hurts because we played a good match. We are really aggravated because it was bitter how we conceded the goals. It was just bad and we helped build up Schalke. Up until their first goal, they couldn't find any means against us."