FC Bayern lost 5-1 away at Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday afternoon, suffering their first defeat of this season’s Bundesliga campaign. After the full-time whistle, head coach Thomas Tuchel, Thomas Müller and the rest of the team sought an explanation. “We didn’t play well and made too many mistakes,” said Tuchel. “They were punished harshly today.” Veteran Müller, who came on as a substitute in the second half, said: “We didn't play effectively enough in the second half to come back.” fcbayern.com summarises the reaction.
Reaction to Frankfurt vs. Bayern
Thomas Tuchel: “You don’t have many excuses when you have a week of training, can prepare for a match for a long time and then start a game like that. We didn’t play well and made too many mistakes. They were punished harshly today. We were punished extremely harshly for where we fell short. Now we have to ask ourselves how we let ourselves start a game like that. We certainly didn't have the passion, the ferocity and the energy needed to win games away from home. We have to look at ourselves. The bottom line is that it wasn’t enough to hold our own against Eintracht. The whole team performance was inadequate today – myself included.”
Thomas Müller: “You have to give it to Frankfurt, they absolutely deserved to win today. They bullied us in the first half-hour. In the second half, we didn't play effectively enough to come back, and then of course it becomes unpleasant from that point on. There has to be a reaction following this. We need to tap into our anger – but we can't lose our heads. I didn’t get the feeling that we didn’t want it, but Frankfurt definitely pushed harder and got their way. We'll come back stronger, but we don't have much time.”
Reaction from the Frankfurt camp
Dino Toppmöller (head coach, Eintracht Frankfurt): “We showed the reaction we were hoping for today. We can assess our defeats correctly and also the victory today. It’s important that we don't get depressed after a loss but also that we don’t get carried away with today's win. Nevertheless, it was a great performance by the whole team as a collective today.”
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