'We only have ourselves to blame'
Matts Hummels and Toni Kroos have recognised that the German national team have to do better after they lost 3-0 to the Netherlands in the Nations League on Saturday.
The 2014 World champions have had a torrid time of it since their terrible defence of their world title in the summer, which saw them crash out at the group stage.
"We'll get it in the neck now, but we have no one to blame but ourselves," said Hummels. "We lost 3-0, even though we actually had to win the game. We had a lot of bad luck, but it's not down to any one player."
Germany have now conceded goals in their last 19 internationals. "We made too little of our chances, although we could have gone ahead early on" said goalkeeper and captain Manuel Neuer.
Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos said the Germans lost their structure after falling behind. "The structure was missing after the first 30 minutes, but it's hard heading home without having scored," said Kroos.
"You need a reward for the good work you do and that's not happened. "We have to keep going, we have the next chance on Tuesday and concentrate on the good things we did."