In the second group stage match of the Champions League, Bayern Munich drew 3-3 with Hoffenheim at home and away. After the match, Bayern Munich sports director Max Eberl spoke with media in the mixed zone, discussing the team's persistent mistakes, Serge Gnabry's red card, and the upcoming challenging fixtures against Lazio and Arsenal.

Max Eberl: This is the toughest match of the season.

This was completely unnecessary. I'm in the same position as after the Augsburg match—we're making the same fundamental mistakes over and over. From the start, we put ourselves in a difficult situation. We knew they would try to pressure us, but we gave away a corner, and then in the corner defense we failed to mark their player, creating problems for ourselves from the beginning. This is very frustrating.

And just like in the Augsburg match, we attacked and got caught on the counter. The match situation was similar. It was frustrating after Augsburg, but today it's even more frustrating because we made more mistakes. We were leading 3-2, but they came back. Then a questionable second yellow card turned into a red, so we had to play with ten men. One player was already missing, and another went down and couldn't continue. These consecutive mistakes are too many. If this keeps happening, we won't even win in Stavanger.

Did you underestimate Hoffenheim a bit?

No, not at all. But we're making too many mistakes right now. This is not the standard our team should play at. The team needs to perform better, but currently on the pitch we're not executing as we planned. I'm not saying we're breaking our promises or that we're not creating chances. But giving up two goals against Augsburg and three against Hoffenheim says a lot.

In the first half, most of your attacks came through the middle. In the second half, after the substitution, you attacked more from the wings and had more shots. These weren't present in the first half.

You're talking about our attacking play; I'm talking about our defending. We had chances and scoring opportunities. Whether we attack from the middle or the wings doesn't matter—it's the same. In the first half, from about three meters out, we headed the ball directly into the goalkeeper's hands.

We can create chances and score goals. But we shouldn't put ourselves under this much pressure before the match even starts.

However, the second yellow card that led to the red this season can be reviewed.

I think it was two yellow cards that resulted in a red. The first yellow was for pulling, and the second was for hitting the opponent in the face with the ball. But we provoked it, and he achieved what he wanted—he got a player sent off.

How will you handle the Serge Gnabry situation? Will you appeal the ban?

We'll handle this calmly.

Max, you just spoke about the team's standard and defensive issues. How will you solve these problems? Is it a quality issue, or is the team simply not performing at the level expected?

I'm not talking about the defenders as players; I'm talking about defensive performance. But as I said, you all saw the goals we conceded. Basic mistakes first. Just one minute into the match, we're pushed back at a corner. We know what will happen—they'll kick the ball there.

If you can't get the ball forward, instead of trying to dribble, kick it out and give away a throw-in. That's why we gave away a corner kick. These things can always happen, but it's happening too often now. If it keeps happening this frequently, we can't call it bad luck anymore. It's become a concentration problem.

And when we were trying to equalize at 1-1, we shouldn't concede a counter like that in Hoffenheim. The opponent's player started from his own half and ran alone toward our goal. We shouldn't allow that. We're making too many mistakes. This isn't about the defensive line; it's about concentration and willingness to take responsibility. When we attack, not everyone needs to go forward. Some players need to be aware and not get caught out on the counter.

In the upcoming matches, on paper you'll face stronger opponents. Without Serge Gnabry for the next few weeks, especially in the Arsenal match, how will you adjust?

Yes, but first we have to face RB Leipzig. That's the kind of difficult match you mentioned earlier. We'll try to do better. The beauty of football is that we're feeling the disappointment today because we absolutely didn't expect to end this match with a draw.

But in four days we have the Lazio match. There are many things we can do and resolve in that game. So we have to look forward.

One final quick question: did you substitute Sábitzer for tactical reasons or because of injury?

Purely for tactical reasons, purely for tactical reasons.

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