"Last season we had a great season to qualify for the Europa League and this season we won a trophy. It's a fantastic effort from everybody. We're gonna celebrate tonight."

-- Ademola Lookman who scored a hat-trick for Atalanta

"I would have preferred an unimportant game (to lose). It's extremely bitter but you have to say it was deserved. And then we have to congratulate Atalanta – they deserved it more than us tonight."

-- Leverkusen midfielder Robert Andrich to Germany's RTL+ network after his team's 51-match unbeaten run came to an end

"Atalanta made a lot out of a little, but at the end that was decisive."

-- Andrich

"Right now the disappointment is bigger than the anticipation for Berlin (German Cup final against Kaiserslautern this Saturday). In the back of our minds we're looking forward to it, but it's really bitter and disappointing."

-- Andrich

"It's not about the unbeaten run, that didn't matter, it's about this game. We lost a game unfortunately, that's football. We knew it'd be a tough game, compliments to Atalanta."

-- Leverkusen's Granit Xhaka to RTL+

"It's bitter, definitely, we lost a final today but we go on and we'll make up for it on Saturday."

-- Xhaka

"When Lookman's second goal went in I thought 'maybe we'll do it'."

-- Atalanta president Antonio Percassi who played more than 100 times for Atalanta in the 1970s