The last matches had hurt our self-confidence, you could see that. We were nervous at first. But the 1-0 freed us up and I think we played a pretty good match after that.

Everyone knows recent results have dented our confidence, so it was no surprise we were nervous at the start and hardly put together a move. We slowly got into the match before half-time. Taking the lead released a lot of the pressure, and after that we played like the league leaders.

I don't believe it's possible to rid the players' minds completely of Milan.

It is regrettable, but we must accept it.

We were asleep for the first 15 minutes. We got behind because we just stood around and watched them score two goals. Fortunately, we got them back.

It was a lucky win, ... Cologne were strong towards the end and we can count ourselves fortunate to score the winner from a set-piece.