Bayern Munich star Philipp Lahm says the situation in the Bundesliga is looking grim after his side's 3-3 draw with Borussia Monchengladbach.
Gladbach hit back and almost won the game before Lahm's late equaliser salvaged a point which, according to the Germany international, is still too little.
"We are so many points behind that we cannot afford to drop any more, and we have dropped some here," he said.
"We lost the ball too easily at the start of the second half and this is not the first time this has happened.
"It happened also against Cluj in which we just slept for the first 15 minutes of the second half.
"The same thing happened today, only this time we have been punished."
And coach Louis van Gaal, who was heaping praise on his side during the interval, turned a dark shade of red afterwards.
"I am very disappointed and even a bit angry," he said after emerging from the dressing room, where he had given his team a piece of his mind which could be heard from almost all corners of the Borussia Park stadium.
"I had to raise my voice a lot. At half time, I had to pay my team a compliment and tell them that I had never seen Bayern play so well this season, and then this happens."
Bayern could slip 12 points behind Borussia Dortmund today while they are already two adrift of their Bavarian rivals Nurnberg, who will come to the Allianz Arena in buoyant mood next weekend.
