Wolfsburg manager Lorenz-Gunther Kostner has praised Fulham for the way they played in the Europa League quarter-finals.

The London club got past the reigning German champions by defeating them 1-0 at home (3-1 on aggregate) and an apologetic Kostner said the team he came up against were 'very good and compact'.

"We didn't have the team with enough bite and the right attitude tonight," the Wolfsburg boss said.

"We made mistakes and we made the wrong substitutions. I'm sorry, the players are sorry.

"They are a very good team with a very good defence and I'd always warned it was not going to be an easy game.

"If Fulham play in a very compact way like they did tonight then they have a very good chance of making the final."