Thomas Doll Quotations

Watching this team develop gives me great enjoyment but there is no point talking about the title.

We failed to score the third goal and they played all-or-nothing. Maybe we were scared a goal would slip in there somehow.

We let the game slip out of our hands. After we went ahead lucky 1-0, I don't understand what happened.

We know we have signed quality players - but they will need time.

We're scraping the bottom of the bottom so this was amazing. We're not thinking title -- Bayern is in a different league. The fans can dream though.

We've been in similar situations often this season.

We have had a great first half to the season. We are second and need to focus on warding off the teams behind us rather than looking to hunt Bayern.

Let's not get carried away about this loss, we played well in stretches, we just didn't score when we should have.

I can only congratulate my team. We're going to enjoy this great moment.

Getting back second place was the most important thing. We are in good form at the moment and everything seems to be going our way.

We took a big step forward today, especially for the Champions League. But there is no reason to spend the week celebrating - there are still a lot of matches left.

I won't speak about the title. It would be a huge thing for the club if we made the Champions League.

We were missing a player like that. We always said we wanted an attacking midfielder that is also a dangerous scorer -- and he is only 22.

We're definitely in a good position to hold on to second place and that's what's important for me.

We played very good at the start -- that you have problems against 10 men later is nothing new in football. We had a hard time.

We are not the No. 1 challenger for Bayern. People should leave us alone and let us work in peace here.

We are not interested in how many points we are behind Bayern. I do not want to repeat myself every weekend but Bayern are in a different league to us.

We only played well for 20 minutes, but the players' engagement, their desire will help us the rest of the season.

We don't want to go overboard - we should give him enough time to find his form again.

You have to come out with draws like this sometime -- a year ago we probably would have been beaten by three or four goals.

We didn't give them a chance after they'd got their equalizer. We were very disciplined.

We were expecting penalties. We played well but we were punished at the end.

We'll have to think about a few things concerning team spirit. In a long season there will always be a few lingering things that are negative...But we're not a team that's wracked by dissent.

When you play against ten men for so long you expect to win. That was a giant step towards the Champions League.

We just had a nightmare day. Everything went wrong for us from the opening minute. Stuttgart deserved to win here in Hamburg.

We were out of the race just a few weeks ago, now we're a little closer - but all we care about is reaching our own goals.

We are still looking at fifth place -- we won't be caught up in the euphoria about titles.

We could see last Sunday on the field that we are going through a tough period. We have some problems but we are not a team that's falling apart.

Both will still explode. I'm convinced we have first-class forwards.

The win will give us a push for the upcoming games.

It was a huge step towards the Champions League. We did what we set out to do.

You simply have to accept such situations. Such setbacks make us move closer together as a unit. One thing is for sure, we will field a class side on Sunday.

It's the worst thing when something like that happens. We're missing the one or two percent we need to win matches like we did in the first half.

That's the fans, they went crazy. But last week we were the ones that were happy, this week the others are happy.

That is the most bitter part of this evening and I have to digest it first.

It wasn't any fun to watch today at some points. Of course emotions ran high, but we don't need to commit those kind of petty fouls.

It was a great derby. We didn't play well at all in the first half. But we deserved the draw because we did well in the second half.

They won 2-0 today, didn't they? That shows you how nervous they are. We're just happy to build out our lead for second place.

After that great first half, my players have to adjust everyone is trying harder against us. I think today was important because we sent a signal out.