Kevin Volland (l.), who opened the scoring in Hoffenheim's 3-2 home win over Eintracht Frankfurt, claimed only to be focussing on the side's upcoming fixture against Bayer Leverkusen
Kevin Volland (l.), who opened the scoring in Hoffenheim's 3-2 home win over Eintracht Frankfurt, claimed only to be focussing on the side's upcoming fixture against Bayer Leverkusen

Volland: 'That was a real spectacle in Sinsheim'

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Sinsheim - Kevin Volland hit the nail on the head. It was indeed a roller-coaster ride in Sinsheim, as Eintracht Frankfurt twice came from behind against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, only for Volland's team-mate Roberto Firmino to score a late winner and secure a 3-2 success.

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

bundesliga.com rounds up the post-match reaction from the WIRSOL Rhein-Neckar-Arena...

Kevin Volland: That was a real spectacle in Sinsheim. We played with great passion and that allowed us to get the late winner. I have to praise goalkeeper Oliver Baumann for helping us get the three points. I haven't quite been at 100 per cent in the past few weeks, but I've been feeling better recently and sharper in front of goal. I'll keep giving everything and next up is Bayer 04 Leverkusen at home. We'll see how high we can climb before the winter break. I'm not thinking as far ahead as UEFA EURO 2016 yet, I just want to focus on the Under-21s next summer and playing well with Hoffenheim for the rest of the season. I need to be consistent and then focus on the national team.

Pirmin Schwegler (former Eintracht Frankfurt captain): It was a pretty turbulent game, and obviously very emotional for me. I probably wouldn't have celebrated if I'd scored one of my chances, but at the end of the day I can be pretty pleased that we won. Almost every Frankfurt attack was dangerous, and you could see how much confidence they had. When you score such a late winner, the coach is allowed to go berserk.

Adam Szalai: After we went 2-1 up, we should have seen the game out, but we went on to concede an equaliser. For that reason, we're obviously pretty pleased to have picked up the win right at the end. We created plenty of chances, which is good.

Eintracht Frankfurt


Timo Hildebrand: It was like a great Christmas present to come back and play in the Bundesliga, but unfortunately we lost and it was an important game. We'll have to improve next time out. We've conceded a lot of goals in the last few games and it was the same today. We played very well in the second half, but we weren't organised enough at set pieces. I'm not sure what the coach has planned for me, but I'm happy I was able to play today and I'll see what happens in the next few games. I felt good out there, despite the long break, and enjoyed it. Football sometimes writes stories like this one, and it's a shame we couldn't get a point.

Haris Seferovic: In the first half, Hoffenheim were better than us but I think we were the better team in the second half. We've now go to forget about this game and move on to [the next game on] Wednesday.