Eintracht Frankfurt's Ansgar Knauff and Mahmoud Dahoud celebrate their second goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Cologne and Eintracht Frankfurt at the RheinEnergieStadion. Federico Gambarini/dpaDPAThu, November 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM UTC·1 min readEintracht Frankfurt captain Robin Koch said the team "ruined the game for ourselves" after conceding three goals in five minutes in the 3-0 defeat to Atalanta in the Champions League.
"We ruined the game for ourselves in the space of five minutes. At half-time we felt we could win it but then we let the game slip away like that within a few minutes," he said after Wednesday's match.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMidfielder Ansgar Knauff said that Frankfurt were looking good until the opening goal and then "we concede three goals within five minutes."
"We definitely have to analyse that. It’s frustrating to have just thrown the game away in that period. It’s annoying because we hadn’t played a bad match up until the first goal," he said.
Franfkurt have only won their opening game in the Champions League and suffered three defeats in five games so far.
"We had a decent first half and created chances for Fares and Mario. We have to take one of those if we want to win matches at this level," coach Dino Toppmöller said.
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