Despite taking a 2-0 lead, FC Bayern were beaten 3-2 at 1. FC Heidenheim on Saturday afternoon. The club's officials, coaches and players were understandably annoyed after the game. "Conceding three goals in one half in Heidenheim after leading 2-0 can't be our standard," said sporting director Christoph Freund after the match. The team has two days to reflect on the match before the all-important Champions League quarter-final first leg at Arsenal. They will have to find a way to harness their frustration and use it to put in a performance. "With my many years of experience, I'm already in fighting mode for Tuesday," said Thomas Müller, already looking ahead to the fixture. fcbayern.com has all the post-match reaction for you here.
Reaction to the visit to Heidenheim
Max Eberl: "There's a sense of 'it'll work out somehow'. Last year it did work out somehow. We're where we are and that's seven points ahead of fifth place. We should get rid of this arrogance around the fact that we're only second. We deserve to be second for now."
Christoph Freund: "Every player should look at themselves in the mirror afterwards and think about whether they gave it their best. Conceding three goals in one half in Heidenheim after leading 2-0 can't be our standard. We're already talking about the fact that everyone has to scrutinise their performance. We've now lost two games in a week. It's bitter and really disappointing, but we now have to build our energy up again for Tuesday. We all know that we can do things differently than today, and we must."
Thomas Tuchel: "We were extremely careless in the tackles before conceding the goals and individual performances were too weak. We went into the break 2-0 up and had everything completely under control. We're finding it difficult to maintain our concentration at the level we want within games and during the weeks."
Thomas Müller: "Everyone involved realises that we're not in the best period in the club's history. It was a game of two halves, we lead 2-0 and then a long ball leads to a goal against us. The way we defended certainly wasn't great. We weren't good enough in front of goal in the second half either. We had just as many golden opportunities as Heidenheim, but in the end they turned it round and we didn't score any more goals. With my many years of experience, I'm already in fighting mode for Tuesday. We can't change today’s result anyway. It's no good us picking on each other. But the resentment in me is almost looking forward to Tuesday. We'll give it our all on Tuesday."
Reaction from the Heidenheim camp
Frank Schmidt (1. FC Heidenheim coach): "It's an unbelievable feeling of happiness. It was an incredible game, very typical of us. I said before the game that we had to work for it. The team believed in themselves in the second half. We shed the humility and shyness of the first half. They played football the way we want to play football."
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