_source

Striker Rouwen Hennings: "It wasn't a good game. On both sides in any case too few actions. But in the second half we deserved the victory. We had previously played our way through quite well in counter-attacks until the end, but if you win afterwards, it's annoying, but you have to cope."

Central defender Kaan Ayhan: "Otherwise I would say: unfortunately. But today we can see it a bit more relaxed that we didn't finish many counterattacks again. All in all, the victory is okay, especially after the second half. It's amazing that we scored as many points in the final English week as we did in all the matches before."

Midfielder Marcel Sobottka: "That was today again, like in the last games before: If you hardly get any goals in the back, then you can also win games by scoring one or the other goal in front. Our team has a really good mentality - that we can't get up and decide a game in the 90th minute or injury time."

CEO Robert Schäfer: "Our 'Goalgetter' Oliver Fink makes it sensationally pure and that's why we can all celebrate now and look forward to the New Year. Behind the 'fact' that we can't play English weeks, we can probably make a catch now."

Sports Director Lutz Pfannenstiel: "That was very important today, we were able to fully implement the match plan just like before. In the first half it wasn't a nice game, you could see that there was a lot going on. In the second half we were much better in the game and should have been leading. All the better that it worked out in the end - you couldn't have wished for a better Christmas present."