""We played a decent game, created a few scoring chances, but didn't do that," Can said. "And that's extremely bitter because it was a knockout game. "In the end, perhaps the last greed was missing. You can't do better this season. We had set ourselves a lot of goals, and unfortunately, we are eliminated here. "We wanted to be brave, wanted to be up front; man against man, if necessary, against the ball. Especially in this competition, we wanted to go extremely far, but unfortunately, we didn't make it - extremely bitter. "We'll keep going, we'll step on the gas in the Bundesliga, also in the Champions League. We still have a long season ahead of us.""
""We played out very well from the back, scored a great goal and then defended very well,""
Borussia Dortmund exited the DFB-Pokal after a 1-0 loss to Bayer Leverkusen, with Ibrahim Maza scoring the decisive goal. Dortmund registered 20 shots to Leverkusen's six and felt they should have had a first-half penalty, while Leverkusen also had a second goal disallowed. Emre Can described the knockout exit as extremely bitter and pointed to missed chances and a lack of final ruthlessness. Dortmund have struggled to advance beyond the round of 16 since their 2020-21 title. Leverkusen reached the quarter-finals for a third straight season and extended a 40-match DFB-Pokal scoring run.
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