On match day 4 of the Bundesliga, FC Bayern couldn’t get past a draw against Borussia Mönchengladbach. Meanwhile, BVB celebrated an away win at Hertha BSC. FC Schalke 04, on the other hand, suffered a clear defeat against Union Berlin. The voices of the games:
FC Bayern – Borussia Monchengladbach 1:1
Julian Nagelsmann (Bayern Munich coach): “As always, Yann Sommer plays excellently against us. But we could have arranged one or the other end in such a way that he can no longer hold the ball. We had 33, 34 shots on goal. I was also annoyed with the referee: The refereed every 50:50 situation for Gladbach.”
Daniel Farke (Borussia Monchengladbach coach): “You’re usually disappointed when you get a late equalizer. That’s different today. We fought, showed a lot of resilience. That was a great effort of will, a huge compliment to my team. That was a world-class performance from Yann Sommer.”
RB Leipzig – VfL Wolfsburg 2: 0
Domenico Tedesco (RB Leipzig coach): “We played well, similar to the weeks before, but today the result is good. After Stuttgart we assumed that we had missed the maximum number of big chances, but we were taught better. We have to close the sack earlier .”
Niko Kovac (VfL Wolfsburg coach): “The early penalty threw us off course. Then Leipzig clearly dominated. It was better in the second half, we didn’t have many chances, but that little bit of luck is missing at the moment. We made too many individual mistakes at the end and the balls given away. It could have gone even higher. We have to take more with us next week.”
Hertha BSC – Borussia Dortmund 0:1
Sandro Schwarz (Hertha BSC coach): “Right at the beginning of the game we had our chance to score with Jonjoe Kenny, which Gregor Kobel saves very well. Then we weren’t so good in the game anymore, we lost the ball a lot easily. We gave the opponent chances to score with their quality. In the second At half time it was an open fight.”
Edin Terzic (Borussia Dortmund coach): “It was definitely important to show an improvement today compared to what we did last week. We did that. I think it was a deserved win, there were a lot of things that were a lot better. However, we did failed to close the sack, leaving the game open to the end.”
Schalke 04 – Union Berlin 1:6
Frank Kramer (Schalke 04 coach): “It was a very painful defeat – the amount, but also the way it came about. We took it well in the first half, had our chances, but gave away the goals too easily. Union prevailed with physicality, we have to defend ourselves better, get through better. The fourth goal we conceded pulled the plug on us, we lost faith. It was very painful and sobering for us.”
Urs Fischer (Coach Union Berlin): “It will be important to classify this result correctly. The 3-1 lead at the break was rather lucky, Schalke were better in the game in the first half, more aggressive, more agile than us. What was good: We were very efficient. After the 4th: 1 the game really went in one direction, in the end it was too high a result.”
FSV Mainz 05 – Bayer Leverkusen 0:3
Bo Svensson (FSV Mainz 05 coach): “The key was the first half. We had a couple of good chances and Leverkusen took the lead by a bit of chance. After that we lost our head and got two goals that Leverkusen didn’t have to do much for. I liked the style of play even before our first We didn’t concede a goal, we were really bad with the ball. We were missing a few percent in all phases of the game.”
Gerardo Seoane (Bayer Leverkusen manager): “We managed to show a different face, to show a different energy. The game started happily for us. We then managed to defend compactly and didn’t allow much depth, and we were also able to switch quickly. We have to try to increase our self-confidence through the positive result.”
TSG Hoffenheim – FC Augsburg 1:0
Andre Breitenreiter (TSG Hoffenheim coach): “It was a well-deserved win for my team. We didn’t stand a chance against us. Overall, I’m very happy. It was a very valuable win, we settled at the top.”
Enrico Maassen (FC Augsburg coach): “I saw a balanced game. Hoffenheim’s chances were better. That’s why the win is okay. But we still played well.”
SC Freiburg – VfL Bochum 1:0
Christian Streich (Coach SC Freiburg): “It was clear that it was going to be a difficult game. Bochum was motivated to make people forget last week. We didn’t get on so well in the first half, then the rain came and it’s difficult to play risky balls into midfield. But overall we deserved to win, had a lot of chances to score, but we also needed a bit of luck.”
Thomas Reis (coach VfL Bochum): “Of course it’s a bit difficult to sit here again today. I thought my team’s performance was really good. We learned a lot in the last week. We wanted to try to make it as difficult as possible for our opponents, and we did that we did very well. But it’s a shame when the game is ultimately decided by the video referee.”