FC Bayern ran up in vain against the rock of Union Berlin's defence for a long time until Leroy Sané scored the utterly deserved opener in the 75th minute. But his goal was not enough, the men from the capital scored a late equaliser. "It hurts that it ended in a 1-1 draw," the scorer commented after the match. "We must try to finish off such matches as a team, even with a 1-0 scoreline," said Josip Stanišić. fcbayern.com has all the reaction to the game.
Reaction to Union v Bayern
Max Eberl (board member for sport): "We didn't create so many chances in the first half, but we stayed calm and knew we'd get our chances. It was clear it wouldn't be easy. Then we finally scored, it went according to plan, down the wing with a deep run. I was very glad Leroy took the chance. Union then attacked, we didn't do so well for a few minutes and we conceded the equaliser. The draw is annoying in light of our dominance."
Vincent Kompany: "Congratulations to Union Berlin. It was a game with two facets for us – the performance and the result. We aren't satisfied with the result, but we didn't turn in a bad performance, we didn't allow anything for a long time. We did a better job up front and were more dangerous in the second half. Hats off to Union, they took their one chance. It'll go on for us."
Leroy Sané: "We knew it would be a tough game here – I think that goes for all teams. They defend well and are very fit. We still tried to do our best and defended very well. The opener helped us of course. It hurts that it ended in a 1-1 draw, but we'll keep going. It's a Bundesliga game and we want to fight for the championship title, as early as possible. Our goal was to take three points, unfortunately it didn't work."
Josip Stanišić: "We weren't precise enough in attack. We didn't achieve a lot in many situations, but you saw we all wanted it. At the end of the day we made two decisive mistakes in the last two Bundesliga matches. Of course mistakes happen in every match, but these two were costly. We must try to finish off such matches as a team, even with a 1-0 scoreline. I don't think we did a lot wrong, but we're getting punished for every mistake in the Bundesliga at the moment. We're lacking a bit of luck at the moment. If we regain it, it won't be about one point from two matches any more, but about six points. The good thing is that the team gave it everything even though Union Berlin defended around their box with 11 men for almost 90 minutes. It's hard for us if we can't stick to our play."
Reaction from the Union camp
Horst Heldt (general manager): "We always believed we'd be able to score. At half-time the coach told the team they had defended very well. But of course we also had to attack and score. We had little possession in the first half, but that was clear. You need an idea against Bayern, and many teams have ideas. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. It worked for us today, and that's the only thing that counts."
Christopher Trimmel: "I think if you play against Bayern like this – we sat very, very deep and tried to neutralise their strengths – we mustn't allow too much. Something did happen, but fortunately we scored the one goal. Of course Bayern were clearly better."
Benedict Hollerbach: "It's very special because Bayern are just the best club in Germany and we turned in a superb display today, we deserved that. It takes a whole lot against Bayern, so I'm very glad about such a goal. It's just important for a forward to always be in the box, because that's the only way to be dangerous. And yes, when the ball fell to me, I was very happy and scored."
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