Match-winner Daniel Caligiuri (c.) admitted his goal came right off the training field
Match-winner Daniel Caligiuri (c.) admitted his goal came right off the training field

Knoche: 'Important three points'

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Berlin - VfL Wolfsburg's Robin Knoche admitted victory was the most important thing against Hertha Berlin, however, the capital city sides' players didn't think the score was a fair representation of how the game unfolded.

Hertha Berlin

bundesliga.com rounds-up what the protagonists had to say at the final whistle.

VfL Wolfsburg played very intelligently. We played really well for the first 20 minutes and even scored before half-time, but we needed to score the second. We had enough chances in the first and second half, but we were just a bit unlucky. I think we deserved a point. The chip from Adrian, Änis hit the crossbar at the very end, we had enough chances, but unfortunately we can’t boast 100% efficiency every week. They played very well until the very end.

We didn’t win because we made some little mistakes here and there, we could have been 2-0 or even 3-0 ahead, but allowed them to score an easy goal from a corner. Maybe we wanted too much, but then they scored the winner with a great shot out of nowhere. Usually we score a second goal. They didn’t deserve the win as we had a lot of chances, but that’s football, someone needs to win and someone needs to lose.

We didn’t let them have much going forward, only from a set piece. I personally should have defended better because he was my man, but overall against a strong Wolfsburg side, who are having a great season, we held our own even when we were 2-1 down. We need to take the positives out of it for our upcoming game against VfB Stuttgart and get some points.

VfL Wolfsburg


Yesterday at training, I was in a similar situation and I also scored a goal.

First and foremost, it is important that we got three points today against a direct opponent in order to keep them at bay. Whether our success will continue, we will have to see next week.