Here’s how the coaches saw their teams’ performance …
Happy with his team: Gladbach manager Daniel Farke.
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VfB Stuttgart – Union Berlin 0: 1 (0: 0)
Pellegrino Matarazzo (VfB Stuttgart coach): “We saw a very competitive match. I think we had enough chance to take the lead or at least score a goal. Also I had the feeling that the first team to score would win the match, unfortunately it was Union. they really liked it was the commitment of the boys, I can’t blame them for that, we only have to score if we want to win the game. ”
Urs Fischer (Trainer Union Berlin): “Of course I’m very happy. I think we had some problems in the first 20 or 30 minutes. We were too frantic and imprecise in playing the ball, so we continued to invite Stuttgart to become dangerous. In the second we were also able to play the ball. to improve our game with the ball in the second half. We then had the necessary competitive luck, which we needed today. But I also think it took a long time. ”
Hertha BSC – SC Freiburg 2: 2 (1: 1)
Sandro Schwarz (Hertha BSC coach): “We entered very well, we had a lot of grip and we had good transition moments. I found the second half to be very good from a footballing point of view. It is annoying not to have kept the three points here after such a performance.”
Lars Vossler (assistant coach SC Freiburg): “I’m happy with the point. It’s good because it was a complicated game. I think it’s great that the team deserved the 2-2 draw.”
Borussia Mönchengladbach – 1. FC Cologne 5: 2 (2: 1)
Daniel Farke (coach Borussia Mönchengladbach): “We are happy to have been able to give our fans this victory in the derby after a long period of drought. I am really happy that my team showed such reaction after the match in Bremen. This shows class. It was important to get 3rd place. : 1 because Cologne are a courageous team. “
Steffen Baumgart (coach 1. FC Cologne): “We played a good first half, one penalty and one also the yellow and red card. But the foul on Dejan Ljubicic was not evaluated correctly, yellow is not enough for me.
Borussia Dortmund – Bayern Munich 2: 2 (0: 1)
Edin Terzic (coach Borussia Dortmund): “We need every individual, that was the deciding factor today. I was happy with the 2-2 goal. We deserved the point because we pushed everything forward.”
Julian Nagelsmann (Bayern Munich manager): “In the end it is a fair result. We could have closed the bag if we had not defended the first goal conceded. In the end it is right, even if he arrived 2-2 late.”
FC Augsburg – VfL Wolfsburg 1: 1 (0: 1)
Enrico Maassen (FC Augsburg manager): “It was good that we came back after falling behind, we didn’t throw everything overboard, the team is solid there, it was really good how we reacted in the second half. We are happy with the point, it worked. To continue to be successful. . We would have liked to win, but it’s a fair result. ”
Niko Kovac (VfL Wolfsburg coach): “We saw a very intense football match. The conclusion is that the result is ok. You have to take it with you, I am satisfied with how it is played.”
Bayer Leverkusen – Schalke 04 4: 0 (2: 0)
Xabi Alonso (Bayer Leverkusen coach): “We are happy. We didn’t have much time but the players saw how we wanted to play. It was a complete performance, in attack and defense. Wednesday is the next important match against Porto and there is still a lot to improve Su.”
Frank Kramer (coach Schalke 04): “Today we were the clearly inferior team. We failed to defend Bayer’s pace and we didn’t achieve what we set out to do. We need to analyze it clearly and do better in the next match.”
Three points to start: Bayer manager Xabi Alonso.
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VfL Bochum – Eintracht Frankfurt 3: 0 (0: 0)
Thomas Letsch (VfL Bochum coach): “In this situation it was important for us to bring intensity and mentality onto the pitch from the beginning. The message to the team today was that we bring the spectators with us, that everyone can see that we believe in staying in the league and we did it today. . It was a great match on our part and a well deserved victory. ”
Oliver Glasner (Eintracht Frankfurt coach): “It is a very bitter defeat for us, for which I take 100% responsibility. It was my training, my change of system. Many things did not work as we imagined. That’s why it is very bitter, but it deserved defeat.”
FSV Mainz 05 – Leipzig 1: 1 (1: 0)
Bo Svensson (FSV Mainz 05 coach): “We entered the game a bit difficult. We played well in the last 30 minutes of the first half, we had a lot of action on the ball, even if we didn’t really have many dangerous chances to score. I was satisfied. We wanted to continue playing like this, but it worked. Simply not, Leipzig were simply better. It is also more difficult physically and mentally. We had a good goalkeeper who kept us in the game. We are happy with the point at the end. ”
Marco Rose (coach RB Leipzig): “Of course we would have liked to win, but I think all in all it is a deserved point for both teams. We entered well and we should have led, but then we let the game slip away. Mainz were strong then. We did it. , he shook us again in the interval, played a good second half and scored a good goal. In the end there was a point that we took away. ”
TSG Hoffenheim – Werder Bremen 1: 2 (1: 1)
Andre Breitenreiter (TSG Hoffenheim coach): “I’m actually very happy with the performance. We played very well. But we made two or three mistakes. We had enough chances to score goals. We have to look at ourselves.”
Ole Werner (Werder Bremen manager): “It was difficult. We had big problems and gave a few chances. We made terrible mistakes when we had possession. It’s clear we can’t walk on water. We have to work hard for everything. But we had some mental stability.”
