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Hertha travel back from Gelsenkirchen without any points and deeply disappointed. The 5-2 defeat against Schalke 04 wasn’t helped by conceding too early goals, as well as conceding again almost immediately after half time.“It’s inexplicable to concede five goals against Schalke. It’sa bitter blow, we didn’t expect this,” said Marvin Plattenhardt, frustrated at the team’s performance. “We didn’t play well defensively over large periods of the game, didn’t compete in challenges and lost the ball too much in build-up play.” herthabsc.com has all the immediate reaction to the loss in Gelsenkirchen.
Marvin Plattenhardt: It’s inexplicable to concede five goals against Schalke. It’s a bitter blow, we didn’t expect this. We didn’t play well defensively over large periods of the game, didn’t compete in challenges and lost the ball too much in build-up play. It is very, very disappointing and impossible to explain really. We simply can’t perform the way that we did here. We need to tackle this head-on in the week and clearly address everything that wasn’t good enough. Even if it sounds like an empty slogan, we still have some games left and I think we have the quality to stay up. We’ve known for several weeks that we’re near the bottom and we can read the table. We have to pick up points against Bremen.
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We didn’t play well defensively over large periods of the game, didn’t compete in challenges and lost the ball too much in build-up play. It is very, very disappointing and impossible to explain really. We simply can’t perform the way that we did here.[<]
Sporting director Benjamin Weber: It’s not good to lose a game like this, with individual errors for the goals and this kind of attitude in challenges. We defended badly, weren’t in the game and are now obviously incredibly disappointed and frustrated. The importance of this game was clear to everyone; we were prepared for this situation, and knew what it would be like, but we never really got into the game, even though after the goal to make it 2-1 we were only one behind. We made too many errors over the course of the game. Completely honestly, you have to say that it was a real punch in the gut and we can’t just go back to business as usual after this. We will analyse this now, talk with everyone involved and not leave a stone unturned. We now have a home game in front of a packed-out stadium against Bremen, and it will be about making amends. Everything is still possible for us in these six games, but it comes down to the team now. We won’t be saying ‘more of the same’.
