Reactions to the 3-3 draw in Frankfurt: "Overall, we played a good game" | OneFootball

Borussia Dortmund did not lose their challenging away game at Eintracht Frankfurt to start the new year, but they didn’t win either. Since they couldn’t secure all three points, but managed to equalize practically with the final whistle, the mood at BVB was quite mixed.

“After the 93rd minute, we’re satisfied with the result because we still managed to score the equalizer,” Nico Schlotterbeck told Sat 1, naturally focusing on the positive ending, but he also made no secret of the fact that the goal was actually different and more was possible: “Basically, we played a good game, were actually better than Frankfurt, but conceded three goals, which is simply too many to win away. Unfortunately, after making it 2-1, we conceded the 2-2 too quickly; otherwise, things would have gone our way. So you have to take the point – but of course, we wanted to start with three.”

Kovac sees “a good team performance”

Schlotterbeck’s teammate Waldemar Anton was even clearer: “We’re not satisfied. We had set out to achieve much more and had the game under control for long stretches,” said the defender, who nevertheless didn’t fail to mention the fortunate ending: “We had the chance to win the game. The only positive thing we take away is the lucky punch goal we scored, and that we believed in ourselves until the very end.”

Managing director Lars Ricken was overall satisfied with the team’s performance and generally saw it as “good publicity for the league,” but also hinted that victories now need to follow: “We’re looking ahead aggressively to two home games against Bremen and St. Pauli.”

Coach Niko Kovac concluded overall that it was “a good team performance,” but criticized the number of goals conceded: “I’m very satisfied with our offensive performance. But if you concede three goals, you can’t be completely satisfied. You have to be able to do both: control the game and then make the right decisions by defending at the back what needs to be defended.”

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.