Leverkusen 0-1 loss: "This really hurts today" | OneFootball

Three days after their 2-1 victory in the Bundesliga at Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund lost 0-1 in the DFB-Pokal round of 16 against the same opponent in their own stadium on Tuesday evening. The presumably best chance to win a title this season is now gone. Accordingly, the disappointment at BVB was great after the final whistle.

"We have scored decently in the league, we are in sixth place in the Champions League. But of course, today hurts a lot. I am also very down. We need to regenerate for a few days, and then we'll move on," said Nico Schlotterbeck, who fundamentally didn't want to bury his head in the sand, but was frustrated about losing a largely open match: "We played a decent game, we should have equalized before halftime, then it would have gone in a different direction. In the second half, we lacked a bit of punch."

Felix Nmecha expressed himself similarly: "In such games, it's always about moments, who takes them—and who doesn't. It's like a final," lamented the midfielder, regretting not having used the strong phase before the halftime whistle for something tangible.

Emre Can criticizes the missed penalty call

Emre Can also didn't see a disappointing performance from BVB: "We played a decent game, created some chances, but didn't convert them. And that's extremely bitter because today was a knockout game. In the end, maybe the final hunger was missing," said the captain, who criticized on "Sky" the missed penalty call after a hold by Jarell Quansah against Carney Chukwuemeka: "He clearly grabs him! I would definitely say that's a penalty."

Sebastian Kehl didn't deviate much from the BVB players in his analysis: "We weren't good enough or clear enough in one or two actions. It was a game between two top teams on equal footing," explained the sporting director, who was annoyed by his team's lack of efficiency: "We didn't have to lose it and had opportunities to make it 1-1 and get back into the game. Today it wasn't enough. We had a lot of goal opportunities and only allowed two chances overall. Leverkusen was very effective today. We weren't as determined in our set pieces. That annoys us."

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