Head coach Sebastian Hoeneß: “The team showed a lot of fighting spirit and battled their way into the match. The first half didn’t go the way we had imagined – we had too little possession, lost too many 50-50 balls and didn’t create enough chances. At the end of the day, though, we showed that we wanted it more, put more determination into the match and managed to turn it in our favour.”
Alexander Nübel: “It was a hard-earned win. Feyenoord pushed us all the way and man-marked almost all across the pitch in defence, and gave us little to go on. In the second half, we ramped things up and managed to put away the chances we created in the final few minutes. It’s really good that we’ve now got a second win under our belts in the Europa League. We want to add to that and keep on picking up points – just like we did today.”
Bilal El Khannouss: “That was no easy game tonight; we had to put a lot into it. We pulled together and came through some tough patches, and didn’t concede. That was one of the keys to the result in my opinion – the fact that we kept a clean sheet. We knew that chances would come our way as time ticked down, and it’s great that we took them the way we did and made it 2-0 soon after, which finished off the match as a contest. It was a great team performance. It’s why we play football – to get to live out moments like these in front of a crowd like that – and that’s why I really celebrated at the end with my team-mates. It was a magical European night.”
