FC St. Pauli

Head coach Alexander Blessin: "We didn't push up well and we didn't defend the half spaces well either, which is why we changed things at half-time. The two goals were very annoying and too easy. We were caught on the break for the second. We lacked mental freshness for 60 minutes. Towards the end we mustered our strength and gave it all we had. We ran ourselves into the ground. We have to regroup now."

Jackson Irvine: "We lacked concentration in the key moments. The goals came far too easily from our point of view. If you give goals away that easily against quality players, you've no chance of winning the game. We have to try to learn from it for next week. We still have a chance to end the year on a positive note. We're above the drop zone, but the teams in mid-table are pulling away from us. We have to pick up points to stay in touch."

Johannes Eggestein: "All in all it was an even contest. Bremen weren't any better than us, just more mature. They kept the mistakes down and were clinical in front of goal. We gave the goals away too easily. We had a spell of pressure before both goals but lost our rhythm afterwards. It's annoying. Two passes were all they needed to get clean through on goal and put the ball in the net. We had a few decent moments ourselves and got in behind them once or twice, but we fell short in the end because Werder defended well."

Hauke Wahl: "Bremen pressed very well, especially in the first half, though we were still able to find solutions every now and then. We had a couple of opportunities from good positions, but couldn't impose ourselves often enough. We lost too many 50-50 balls, both up front and at the back. For the second goal we lacked shape and were punished in clinical fashion. We had the odd chance when Bremen dropped back in the last 30 minutes. Every defeat hurts, but today we gifted it too them."

Ole Werner (Werder Bremen head coach): "I'm very satisfied with the performance. We tried not to let the atmosphere get to us. Instead, we wanted to turn it into a positive and focus entirely on ourselves. You need defensive stability, and we had that virtually throughout despite picking up a booking early on. The only exception was early in the second half when St. Pauli changed things round and we needed some time to react. Away from home you have to spot and make use of the space that opens up as the game wears on and we did that. We were very effective. It wasn't a game of many chances – at either end. St. Pauli are extremely well organised and don't give you many opportunities. In the end we were the more effective side and deserved to win the game."

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