“Ultimately, We’re Fighting for the Title”

Here is what our players and manager had to say after the win at Rot-Weiss Essen.

• Benjamin Sesko
• Xavi
• Marco Rose
   

Xavi Simons

• “Today was the first official match of the season and my second one once back with the team. We still have to work on our flow of passing and our conversion. Even I couldn’t make the best use of my chances on scoring today. 

  My goal is to write history with RB Leipzig this season and I know the club wants to do the same with me. I’m really looking forward to next season!”

Benjamin Sesko

• “We know that playing teams from other divisions is always a hard task. You have to be entirely focussed all game long. We’re aware of what’s next for us and that we weren’t able to convert all our chances today unfortunately. But it’s still the beginning of the season. I’m satisfied with my first outing, a goal and an assist!

  In the end, it was an important win. Ultimately, we’re playing for the title, we know we still have some work to be done to click better, but we did manage to score four important goals today.”

Marco Rose

• “It was a tough match. What we assumed was going to happen, in the end happened. A great atmosphere, a complicated one for any away team. We knew that we would have to be patient, but we also conceded on the second minute. We did manage to keep our cool and stay calm, but we weren’t able to generate too much danger in the beginning. 

  Sesko and Lois scored vital goals. In the second half we were wasteful with some occasions we created. Essen is a strong team, which we knew before the match, and therefore were in the need for a third goal. We found a way to secure it, thanks to Antonio Musa, for whom I’m happy about after opening his scoring tally.