Wolfsburg head coach Dieter Hecking was left with a “good feeling” after his aspect’s defeat to Bayern Munich, because the Bundesliga relegation battle heads to the ultimate day.
Michael Olise’s 56th-minute objective secured a 1-0 win for the Bundesliga champions at Volkswagen Area, regardless of a formidable efficiency from the relegation battlers.
Wolfsburg produced 3.04 xG to Bayern’s 1.85, which was largely all the way down to Harry Kane’s missed penalty, whereas Mattias Svanberg hit the publish late on for the house aspect.
The consequence means Wolfsburg stay sixteenth within the league, stage on factors with Seventeenth-place St. Pauli, who they face on the ultimate day of the season.
Ought to Wolfsburg keep away from defeat, they may go into the relegation play-off, however a defeat would see Hecking’s aspect relegated to the second tier.
The Wolfsburg boss took confidence from his workforce’s show in opposition to Bayern, insisting the consequence didn’t imply a lot.
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“I noticed a workforce who consider in themselves, who can go on the depth, who had a fine condition and who had their moments within the recreation the place it may’ve swung in our favour,” he mentioned.
“After all, we all know in regards to the danger in opposition to Bayern – that you simply’re ultimately going to have a interval by which it’s important to undergo. Sadly, we conceded the objective in that interval.
“If we’d ridden that out higher and perhaps been faster out to double up on Michael Olise, the sport may need been extra open in direction of the top. Then we had an enormous likelihood with the shot in opposition to the publish on the finish.
“In the end, although, whether or not we’d drawn or misplaced closely doesn’t change the state of affairs.
“Nonetheless, it’s feeling. I’ll take that as a result of the gamers have actually proven me in the previous couple of weeks that they’re able to these performances.”
