""We are very proud of the display, but there is a real sense of disappointment in the dressing room, which is understandable," O'Neill told BBC Sport NI's Gavin Andrews. "This is a really tough game, second game in a short period of time. It showed we weren't able to make changes. We just don't have the depth to cope in this situation.""
""The third goal isn't a free-kick. It's a fantastic finish but it's a soft free-kick," he explained. "I thought the referee was a bit fussy in the second half. He refereed it well in the first. "We were well in the game and needed to get to that final 15 minutes and we might have had a final chance, but the game drifted away from us.""
Germany beat Northern Ireland 3-1 in Cologne after Serge Gnabry opened the scoring and Isaac Price volleyed a corner to level. Nadiem Amiri and Florian Wirtz struck twice in three minutes to secure Germany's first Group A win. Michael O'Neill said the dressing room felt proud of the display but disappointed with the result. He cited limited squad depth after two away games and criticised soft defending that allowed the second goal and the awarding of the free-kick for the third. Northern Ireland sit second in Group A with two important home matches against Slovakia and Germany scheduled for October.
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