Reactions: 'We're on the right path'

Post-Match Report

Reactions: "We're on the right path"

Nuri Sahin, Sebastian Kehl, Nico Schlotterbeck and Maximilian Beier spoke about the game against Graz. Their reactions to the BVB win in the UEFA Champions League. 

"}}" id="news-xf__teaser-text" class="cmp-text">

Nuri Sahin, Sebastian Kehl, Nico Schlotterbeck and Maximilian Beier spoke about the game against Graz. Their reactions to the BVB win in the UEFA Champions League.

Nuri Sahin (to DAZN): \"We completely controlled the game, apart from one phase between the 60th and 70th minutes. We need to score our first goal earlier, that opens the door. We didn't manage to do that. Up to the box, we were good and the plan worked out. When you score the goal, the spaces get bigger. In the end, we got our reward. I'm glad that we kept clear heads and got the job done. I told Donny (Donyell Malen, editor's note) that he needed to bring some intensity to the game. I have to take my hat off to them. The way the boys ran, it wasn't normal. They have one more game to play and then they can recover a bit, and hopefully after the break a few boys will come back. I'm hoping that Yan (Couto) and Julian (Ryerson) will already be back for the weekend.\"

\n\n \n\n

Sebastian Kehl (in the mixed zone): \"We played good football in the first half, kept finding solutions, got ourselves into dangerous positions in the box with long diagonal balls. The only ball I didn't like was the final ball, against a team from Graz who fought until the last moment and made life very difficult for us, especially in the second half. In the last few weeks we've spent a lot of energy, and you could tell that in the last few minutes of the game. The fact that the team still won this game in the end is very well deserved and shows that we're on the right path.\"

\n\n \n\n

Nico Schlotterbeck (to DAZN): \"We hardly let anything get past us for the whole game, but we scored very late. At the end of the day, I don't care how we get the three points. After a long time, we finally kept a clean sheet again. I'm very happy with our defensive performance. Offensively, it was a bit erratic in the second half. We'll happily take the 1-0 home with us.\"

\n\n \n\n

Maximilian Beier (to DAZN): \"With the Leipzig game still in our legs, we knew that it wouldn't be easy. We battled our way through and luckily we won. We had good combinations and let them play out well, but we had some difficulties making the final pass. In the final third, the final ball wasn't very clean.\"

\n

Recorded by Boris Rupert

\n\n \n"}}" id="text-e9c8d27325" class="cmp-text">

Nuri Sahin (to DAZN): "We completely controlled the game, apart from one phase between the 60th and 70th minutes. We need to score our first goal earlier, that opens the door. We didn't manage to do that. Up to the box, we were good and the plan worked out. When you score the goal, the spaces get bigger. In the end, we got our reward. I'm glad that we kept clear heads and got the job done. I told Donny (Donyell Malen, editor's note) that he needed to bring some intensity to the game. I have to take my hat off to them. The way the boys ran, it wasn't normal. They have one more game to play and then they can recover a bit, and hopefully after the break a few boys will come back. I'm hoping that Yan (Couto) and Julian (Ryerson) will already be back for the weekend."

Sebastian Kehl (in the mixed zone): "We played good football in the first half, kept finding solutions, got ourselves into dangerous positions in the box with long diagonal balls. The only ball I didn't like was the final ball, against a team from Graz who fought until the last moment and made life very difficult for us, especially in the second half. In the last few weeks we've spent a lot of energy, and you could tell that in the last few minutes of the game. The fact that the team still won this game in the end is very well deserved and shows that we're on the right path."

Nico Schlotterbeck (to DAZN): "We hardly let anything get past us for the whole game, but we scored very late. At the end of the day, I don't care how we get the three points. After a long time, we finally kept a clean sheet again. I'm very happy with our defensive performance. Offensively, it was a bit erratic in the second half. We'll happily take the 1-0 home with us."

Maximilian Beier (to DAZN): "With the Leipzig game still in our legs, we knew that it wouldn't be easy. We battled our way through and luckily we won. We had good combinations and let them play out well, but we had some difficulties making the final pass. In the final third, the final ball wasn't very clean."

Recorded by Boris Rupert