“A lot of things went wrong on the day,” van Bommel told the club’s official website, “although I feel the first two goals were decisive, and both of them came from set plays.
“For their first we were disorganised in defence, Özil had a clear run and space to play the pass. The only people who moved for their second were four Bremen players who were left with only Rensing to beat. That can’t be happening. We had to push on in the second half, which gave Bremen time and space, and Özil scored a beauty to make it 3-0. But as I said on Saturday, I’d rather lose one game 5-2 than five games 1-0.
“After two draws to start the season, the media immediately called it a disaster. Then we won three times and they were saying ‘Bayern are back in the groove’. Now we’ve lost and this time it’s ‘Bayern are down and out’. The reporting about Bayern is the most extreme I’ve ever experienced. It’s all either totally positive or totally negative, there’s no halfway house. I didn’t expect us to lose like that either, but we weren’t entirely convincing against Bucharest either.
“The little things are always decisive in football. We had two or three decent chances to take the lead. If that had happened, I don’t think we’d be sitting here trying to explain a bad defeat. On the other hand, we weren’t awake at two free-kicks. These are the split-second things which can decide games at this level.”
