On the 22nd match day of the Bundesliga, BVB trembled to a 1-0 win over TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Eintracht Frankfurt, on the other hand, had to admit defeat in the pursuit duel with RB Leipzig. Hertha BSC and FC Schalke 04 meanwhile celebrated a liberation in the relegation battle. Matchday votes:
Schalke 04 vs VfB Stuttgart
Thomas Reis (Schalke 04 coach): “We rewarded ourselves with two nice goals, it was nice to have the ball in the net again. Stuttgart put us under pressure in the second half. The team suddenly realized they had something to lose. But we did made it over time.”
Bruno Labbadia (coach VfB Stuttgart): “We’re disappointed with the first half. Schalke presented themselves as we expected. We didn’t put enough pressure on the ball carrier up front. We conceded the goals very easily because we didn’t act, we just reacted . In the second half we did what we had originally planned to do. We still had a chance to make it 2-2, but we didn’t make it.”
1. FC Cologne – VfL Wolfsburg
Steffen Baumgart (Coach 1. FC Cologne): “My team did a lot for the game and didn’t hide. The first two shots were in. We didn’t manage to create chances to score. We stuck with it until the end, the lads gave everything against a very good Wolfsburg team . In my opinion, a point would not have been undeserved.”
Niko Kovac (VfL Wolfsburg coach): “My team played a really good game against very, very good opponents. We defended well and didn’t allow much. Cologne then had to play with long balls. We could have finished a few things offensively better. But I’m very satisfied.”
TSG Hoffenheim – Borussia Dortmund
Pellegrino Matarazzo (TSG Hoffenheim coach): “We played a good game, and the goalkeeping was also very good. I particularly liked the second half. We’ll take the performance with us. We’ll keep working to improve our performance.”
Edin Terzic (Borussia Dortmund coach): “It was the hard-fought and tight game that we expected. From the 25th minute we played a really good away game until the break – and could have led more. It was more open in the second half. It was tight for us in some scenes, but we also had a lot of chances. Overall I see it as a deserved win against a strong team.”
Hertha BSC – FC Augsburg
Sandro Schwarz (Hertha BSC coach): “It was the tough game we expected, a battle of attrition. Both teams defended a lot well. Then we had the momentum with the set pieces today. I think it’s a deserved win in the end. We had to fight our way in. The lads are good at that done. We are satisfied.”
Enrico Maassen (FC Augsburg coach): “All in all, we didn’t see a nice game, it was a competitive game. The first half was very poor from both sides. You lost the game by conceding two unnecessary goals. Otherwise you play 0-0 when you create so few chances to score. But we made mistakes.”
RB Leipzig – Eintracht Frankfurt
Marco Rose (RB Leipzig coach): “I think it was a deserved win over 90 minutes. However, it was the difficult and intense game that I expected. Overall, it was a good performance from my lads, especially in the first half. In the second half, it was an open game with the goal conceded “We had the opportunity here and there to close it earlier. But you always have to be careful when it’s 2-1 and expect Frankfurt to ring the bell again. But we defended that well. It was a good, intense one Week in which we are happy that we were able to finish like this.”
Oliver Glasner (Eintracht Frankfurt coach): “We just have to realize that if we don’t play at our upper level for 90 minutes, then it’s not enough against a team like RB Leipzig and we saw that today, so we deserved to lose.”
Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum
Ole Werner (Werder Bremen coach): “We allowed very, very little over the 90 minutes. We had a significantly lower error rate offensively, didn’t let Bochum get into the transition game and were very efficient. It was a very mature performance from us and a clear improvement in many areas in the game Compared to the previous games, we want to build on the performance and the result in Augsburg.”
Thomas Letsch (coach VfL Bochum): “Up to 1-0 it was a battle of attrition with no chances to score. Werder took the lead with the first dangerous move. For me it’s significant that today we didn’t show the virtues that are needed in the relegation battle. That means the absolute willingness the will to tackle the duels, to be active and to think one step ahead – Werder were better at that than us. All in all, it was a thoroughly deserved defeat and we have to take credit for a lot of things today, a lot of things that weren’t good. There “There’s nothing to sugarcoat. We have to do things differently as soon as possible. The way we presented ourselves today will make it difficult to win games.”
FSV Mainz 05 – Borussia Monchengladbach
Bo Svensson (coach FSV Mainz 05): “In the first half you didn’t see that it would be a 4-0 game. Gladbach were the better team and decided the game. The feeling on the pitch wasn’t good for us. With the We took the lead with the only chance to score, but we weren’t happy with the first half. That early 2-0 helped us, we were a lot more active and on the move a lot. The win is deserved, but not so much.”
Daniel Farke (Borussia Mönchengladbach coach): “If you lose 4-0, it’s not the time to talk about the positive things. First of all, it’s appropriate to be very self-critical. Above all, football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes more mistakes loses the game – and that’s what we did today. We’re going home disappointed with the result.”