"[He was] over fussy, I felt to give two minutes at the end of the game was incredible given the number of substitutions and stoppages,"
"Germany were overdramatic when they went down and were time wasting, so we are disappointed with the performance of the officials."
"First half, we lacked a little bit of belief with the ball, but we were in the game and weren't conceding a lot of chances. The goal was a freak goal; it comes off his shoulder. We should have defended it better. Second half we were well in it. It's a game we should have gone ahead in; we have the goal disallowed for offside and we shouldn't be offside. We had a chance or two at the end, Justin [Devenny] doesn't settle himself to hit it, and Callum makes the goalkeeper make a save. Fatigue a bit at the end, but we couldn't have asked for anymore and it's"
Northern Ireland suffered a 1-0 World Cup qualifying defeat to Germany after Nick Woltemade scored a first-half winner that deflected off his shoulder. Michael O'Neill expressed disappointment with the match officials, citing only two minutes of added time despite numerous substitutions and stoppages and accusing Germany of time-wasting. Dan Ballard had a goal disallowed for offside, and Northern Ireland created late chances through Jamie Reid, Ethan Galbraith, Callum Marshall and Justin Devenny. O'Neill praised the players' effort but lamented defensive lapses on the corner and signs of fatigue late in the match.
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