Klaas-Jan Huntelaar believes the dismissals of Kevin-Prince Boateng and Julian Draxler were crucial in Schalke's draw with Frankfurt (© Imago)
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar believes the dismissals of Kevin-Prince Boateng and Julian Draxler were crucial in Schalke's draw with Frankfurt (© Imago)

Huntelaar: 'We'd have won with eleven men'

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Gelsenkirchen - There were almost as many red cards in FC Schalke 04's 2-2 draw with Eintracht Frankfurt as there were goals. Kevin-Prince Boateng and Julian Draxler were dismissed for the hosts, while Frankfurt's Slobodan Medojevic was also sent for an early bath.

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bundesliga.com rounds up the players' post-match reaction after Saturday's fiery encounter at the Veltins Arena...

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar: We didn't start well, we made things difficult for ourselves and went 2-0 down early on, which didn't make things particularly easy. We responded well though and started to claw our way back into the match. It's a shame that we got two red cards. If we hadn't I think we would have won.

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting: Frankfurt played very defensively. We couldn't find a way through their defence and conceded silly goals. We had the psychological advantage after getting back on level terms and could have got more from the game, but it was difficult after the two red cards.

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Marco Russ: Looking at the second half, we have to be angry at ourselves that we didn't see the result out better. The second half was utter madness, though, and can't have been a great spectacle for the fans with so many fouls and stoppages. It was pretty ugly if I'm being honest.

Alex Meier: It's obviously really disappointing for us considering we were 2-0 up and they were struggling. We knew that they'd come back in the second half having got a goal back, and they did in the second half what we did in the first, which was stay tight at the back. We didn't make the most of our opportunities.