Florian Kohfeldt: The opening ten minutes were poor. Nothing was going the way we had planned. However, after those first few minutes, nearly everything started working the way we wanted it to. We had the chances, and dictated when they had the ball. We took a deserved 2-1 lead off a counter-attack. But, we then lost control of the match. In the end, it wouldn’t have been wrong if the match had ended in a 3-2 loss, because we were up against a top-quality side.
Ömer Toprak: “We came here to win the three points. We fought really hard and even took the lead. Unfortunately, Alario got his toe to the ball first and we weren't given a penalty which was frustrating."
Josh Sargent: “I knew that they had physically strong defenders and it was a challenge. But I can learn from games like this. At the end of the day we’re happy with the point. I think lots of teams would take a point when they come here. But everyone knows that we wanted to win the game.”
Davy Klaassen: "We weren't able to create space for ourselves at the start. As time went on, we improved and showed that we were able to create chances. We were on the back foot during the second half and weren't as solid in defence as we would have liked to be. Taking just one point from every game means it takes a lot longer for them to add up, but it also proves that we're a hard team to beat."
Maxi Eggestein: "Taking a point in Leverkusen is okay, but it's still a tough result to swallow. We didn't have a good start into the match and were lucky that Leverkusen's second goal was called offside, otherwise we would have been down by two goals. We improved after that, but we have to be better at taking advantage of our counter-attacks."