Niclas Füllkrug continued his remarkable Bundesliga goalscoring streak with a brace in Werder Bremen’s 2-2 draw against SC Paderborn 07 on Saturday afternoon. The 33-year-old now tops the Bundesliga scoring charts after finding the back of the net in five consecutive league fixtures. Despite his personal success, Füllkrug was in no mood to celebrate.

The veteran striker expressed frustration over Bremen’s failure to secure three points and delivered a particularly pointed message to journalists who continue to question him about a potential return to the German national team.

Paderborn took an unexpected two-goal lead through Stefano Marino and former Werder striker Steffen Tigges. The visitors capitalized on a Marco Grüll turnover for their 18th-minute opener before Füllkrug himself failed to clear a long throw-in ahead of Tigges’ 30th-minute strike.

The Bremen striker made amends after halftime. Füllkrug finished calmly with his left foot following Eren Dinkci’s headed assist in the 59th minute before converting a penalty seven minutes later to complete his brace. Werder subsequently pushed for a winner, but Noll repeatedly frustrated the hosts. The Paderborn keeper made particularly impressive saves against Füllkrug, Mitchell Weiser, and Arthur during the closing stages.

Bremen finished with 18 shots, 61 percent possession, and an expected-goals tally of 2.79 compared with Paderborn’s 0.95. Those figures offered considerable support for Füllkrug’s argument that Werder deserved more from the contest.

“I don’t think one can call it a squandered victory based on the scoreline,” Füllkrug told DAZN afterward. “I do think we were clearly superior over the course of 90 minutes. In my opinion, we really played really well with the ball. Unfortunately, we defended negligently in two cases and I played my part in that. That cost us three points in the end.”

“It’s a little bit of a shame that the [Paderborn] keeper was so strong today,” Füllkrug continued. “But we have to deal with that. It’s been the case on recent matchdays that we could have pulled a few more points than expected and it’s also the case that we left two points on the table today.”

Füllkrug struck a similarly frustrated tone in his separate post-match interview with Sky Germany .