The Germany international was criticised after being guilty of messy play during the 2014 World Cup qualifying match against Austria, and his team-mate Neuer claimed that the side needs to improve on the defensive front.
Bayern Munich superstar http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Philipp-Lahm-c29929 was among the players who underperformed for the national side. Lahm and his partners in defence were not up to the mark and were constantly troubled by the Austrian attack. The team captain
believed that his team will need to get better, even though, they did get a favourable result in Vienna.
The full-back conceded that they have had a positive start in the World Cup campaign, with two wins out of two matches, but admitted that he was not pleased with their performance as he thinks http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 could have done better.
He said that Die Mannschaft side was put under heavy attack in the second half and they faced difficulty in handling the situation.
"We have six points after two matches. This is a really good start. But we cannot be satisfied with this match. The opponents put us under pressure very early [on] and we could not handle it," Lahm was quoted as saying in an interview.
Bayern shot-stopper http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Manuel-Neuer-c23424 expressed his joy at the away win but issued his team a warning to not be complacent in the national side’s upcoming fixtures, as it would hamper their chances of qualifying for the main event in
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858. He told that they did not play well in the game and provided their rivals chances due to defensive flaws.
"We can be happy with the result and the points, but not with the match. Austria's chances were because of the mistakes," Neuer added.
"It was the difficult match we were expecting. We did not put in a perfect showing, and there were a lot of mistakes," Muller finally concluded.
Moreover, Thomas Muller added that the team was aware of the stern test in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Austria-c2844 but they still failed to raise their game for the qualifier with Das Team. He maintained that it was not the best performance from the German outfit.
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