Reaction to Heidenheim v Bayern - Joshua Kimmich: A crucial step

A giant stride in the fight for the championship title! FC Bayern turned in a strong display and beat FC Heidenheim 4-0 on Saturday afternoon. Harry Kane (12’), Konrad Laimer (19’) and Kingsley Coman (36’) handed Bayern a comfortable lead early in the game. Captain Joshua Kimmich (56’) rounded off Munich’s 22^nd Bundesliga victory this term. “We turned in a strong display, a huge compliment to the lads,” head coach Vincent Kompany said in praise of his team. Jonas Urbig commented with regard to the Champions League match away at Inter: “We showed a great reaction.” fcbayern.com has all the reaction to the game.

Reaction to Heidenheim v Bayern

Max Eberl: “We want to win our matches. Our reaction today, the way we played from the start, showed the team want to win. It’s not so easy away to Heidenheim. Thanks to the way we played – we wanted to win from the start – we’re a step closer to the championship title now.”

Vincent Kompany: “We watched many of Heidenheim’s matches. If you watched their last few games, you saw how good they were. We knew how hard it would be here. We turned in a strong display, a huge compliment to the lads. I’m very glad, it was a good conclusion to the week for us.”

Joshua Kimmich: “On Wednesday I said it isn’t hard to show reaction after being eliminated, but we mustn’t underestimate this victory and the way we played in particular. I think we had our last match 40 hours ago, we were very disappointed when we came here, but the way we approached the match impressed me. It was a crucial step, especially away at Heidenheim, we saw in the last few weeks how other teams struggle here. It’s not easy, so we don’t underestimate the victory. It may look easy, but it was hard work and a very good and important victory today.”

Konrad Laimer: “To show such a reaction marks us out. We can’t change what happened in the past. We came here and Heidenheim did a good job recently, but to be dominant over 90 minutes and win 4-0 is very good, it was a decent reaction to the last few weeks.”

Jonas Urbig: “I was glad to be successful with the team here, it was important. It’s really hard away at Heidenheim, some top teams have struggled here. It can get awkward if you aren’t completely focused, both up front and at the back. But we showed a great reaction. We did a good job, created many chances and deservedly won 4-0. Our focus is on Mainz now.”

Reaction from the Heidenheim camp

Frank Schmidt (head coach): “You can say something normal happened today: a team of Bayern’s quality and today’s attitude dominated and won deservedly. Unfortunately we couldn’t prevent that. I just told the team it hurts – 3-0 at half-time, only chasing the ball and only having one chance in each half. We mustn’t let today’s match knock us out of our stride.”

Patrick Mainka (defender): “Of course Bayern were dominant, but we made it far too easy for them. We offered them a lot of space and allowed them to play vertically. That’s why the victory and the margin were absolutely deserved. Everything has to come together for us to be able to stand our ground against them, and very, very little came together today.”

The match report: