"I cannot blame the recent international games for our performance. We cannot look for excuses, we played a bad game," the German tactician said after the game.

"It was partly our fault that Murcia were able to come back."

Schuster criticized also his midfielder Guti who was sent off for kicking out at César Arzo but wasn't too harsh on him.

"Guti has been doing well and the sending offs have not been a problem up until now. But he had the wrong attitude," he continued.