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Goalless until late in the game, with Hertha able to frustrate Bayern for long periods. The fact that Bayern had to push so hard during their 2-0 home win should give the ‘Old Lady’ confidence once again for the run-in in their fight for survival. “We did well to stand up to this over long periods – unfortunately our opponents were ruthless in the moments when we lost our concentration. We defended well over long periods, but unfortunately had problems in transition which we didn’t use properly. But, you saw that we are a team. We have to take this defensive stability with us and give absolutely everything going into these last few games,” said Maximilian Mittelstädt. herthabsc.com has all the immediate reaction to the away game in Munich.
Maximilian Mittelstädt: Bayern have enormous individual quality which is really difficult to defend against over 90 minutes, but we did well to stand up to this over long periods – unfortunately our opponents were ruthless in the moments when we lost our concentration. We defended well over long periods, but unfortunately had problems in transition which we didn’t use properly. But, you saw that we are a team and managed to implement what we set out to do: Stay compact and be difficult to play against. We have to take this defensive stability with us and give absolutely everything going into these last few games with our fans right behind us and also against our direct rivals to go down! There is still a chance.
Florian Niederlechner: It is obviously frustrating when you give everything for so long and throw yourselves into every challenge. We were set up very well and our plan was working well. We did well defensively for 70 minutes, didn’t allow much through and were good out of possession. This is exactly how you have to play in a relegation battle. I am proud of the boys, but these are the basics and we have to show that on the pitch. If we bring these into a very important game against Stuttgart next week and throw everything at it, then I’m confident.
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We did well defensively for 70 minutes, didn’t allow much through and were good out of possession. These are the basics and if we bring these into a very important game against Stuttgart next week and throw everything at it, then I’m confident.[<]
Dodi Lukébakio: We showed good aggression and mentality as a team, which we will also need in the coming games. We also defended together well. Those two passes from Kimmich are pure quality, but we can’t allow our heads to drop now. It was, and is, still important that we throw everything at it and do what we can – and the team did that here. We know the results from this matchday and know what we have to do. There are no excuses, we want and have to prove now that we can also win like that and want to. We need points and have to keep fighting like we did in this game. Every game is a cup final now!
