FIRST TEAM
10/26/2013

Hannover 96 match reaction

Here is the match reaction following TSG's 4-1 win over Hannover 96.

Markus Gisdol:It's been a rollercoaster week for us. We had to collect ourselves at first and come to terms with last Friday. Then we had to get over losing two of our key players. We focused on today's game from Thursday onwards to heighten our senses. We managed that. We were stable in difficult situations especially, that was important. We managed to get in our opponents' face today and they lost their way. I'm very pleased to have won away from home.

Andreas Beck:That was another unusual game. We seem to have them week after week. We started the game well and that worked in our favour. We had a few bad moments in the second half and Hannover got their foot back in the game. Nevertheless, we played the game out in style.

Kai Herdling:I'm thrilled to have scored my first Bundesliga goal. To be honest, I'm pretty useless at headers, but the cross was so good, I thought to myself, I have to make something of it. It's great that I managed to do that. If you look at our season as a whole so far you could say we've had a new highlight every week. We completely focused on our own performance today. It was an important win today.

Eugen Polanski:We scored our goals at the right time today. It's a little frustrating to have been so hesitant at the start of the second half. But at the end of the day, we've picked up an important win.

Mirko Slomka:Congratulations to Markus Gisdol. Hoffenheim haven't had an easy week. They've got through it superbly. There was a lot we wanted to do today – we were really up for making a push into the top third of the table. We started the game well, but it was difficult after the penalty and the red card. Our tactical preparations weren't relevant after that. Things got a lot more difficult after their second goal. If you have a certain plan and you end up losing a player, there are a lot of critical decisions to make when you go behind, so it's difficult to keep everything in check.

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