Thomas Müller had to wait a long time for this moment: seven months after scoring his last Bundesliga goal, the Germany international was finally on target again during FC Bayern’s 5-0 victory over VfL Wolfsburg on matchday 14. The World champion was very relieved to have scored his first goal of the league campaign, especially since Bayern also returned to the top of the standings following Leipzig’s slip-up in Ingolstadt. After the game the 27-year-old spoke about ending his goal-drought and Ingolstadt helping Bayern reclaim first place.
Question: Mr. Müller, what a day for FC Bayern: A convincing 5-0 victory over VfL Wolfsburg and unexpected support from Ingolstadt, who earned a 1-0 win over RB Leipzig.
Thomas Müller:It is always good when your immediate competition, especially if they are ahead of you in the standings, losses their game. There is no denying that.
Question: What do think about Ingolstadt’s achievement?
Müller:Thank you! They certainly helped us. Obviously we can only control our own games. The first half against Wolfsburg was very intense. We played at a very high level for certain spells, which I enjoyed a lot.
Question: You most certainly enjoyed ending your goal-drought in this game. After exactly 999 minutes without having scored in the Bundesliga, you bagged the temporary 4-0.
Müller:It was not a brilliant goal, not a superb piece of individual skill but I forced it to happen. At the same time, I was a bit fortunate that the ball ended up with me in the first place. That is how football is sometimes. When you lay siege to the opponents’ penalty area, fire off several attempts, it is very likely that some shots will get deflected and that is what happened. Nothing unusual in football.
Question: You celebrated your goal intensively. How relieved were you?
Müller:It feels good and it was a nice moment for me but not earth-shattering. It is good that my goal-curse is now over (laughs). Now I can face the journalists questions more easily again. But the goal was not as important to myself as to people on the outside. I have felt quite good already in our recent games. Obviously you like to score goals, especially when you are expected to. But I did not make as much of it as some people wrote in their articles.
Question: Did the discussion ever get on your nerves?
Müller:The only thing that gets on your nerves is when you are not happy with your performance. If you play well and do not make any mistakes, then I can deal with it quite well. I’ve been quite relaxed about this topic before and it was just about getting into good shape and being able to help the team again.
Question: And now you will start a scoring run?
Müller: I would not mind if I kept going now that I have broken the deadlock. I hope that it will not take me as long to score my next goal. Today’s goal will be of no use to me in our next game. I will have to start fresh and try to score another one. I know that my team and my club needs my goals, which is why I will always keep trying.
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Thomas Müller had to wait a long time for this moment: seven months after scoring his last Bundesliga goal, the Germany international was finally on target again during FC Bayern’s 5-0 victory over VfL Wolfsburg on matchday 14. The World champion was very relieved to have scored his first goal of the league campaign, especially since Bayern also returned to the top of the standings following Leipzig’s slip-up in Ingolstadt. After the game the 27-year-old spoke about ending his goal-drought and Ingolstadt helping Bayern reclaim first place.
Question: Mr. Müller, what a day for FC Bayern: A convincing 5-0 victory over VfL Wolfsburg and unexpected support from Ingolstadt, who earned a 1-0 win over RB Leipzig.
Thomas Müller:It is always good when your immediate competition, especially if they are ahead of you in the standings, losses their game. There is no denying that.
Question: What do think about Ingolstadt’s achievement?
Müller:Thank you! They certainly helped us. Obviously we can only control our own games. The first half against Wolfsburg was very intense. We played at a very high level for certain spells, which I enjoyed a lot.
Question: You most certainly enjoyed ending your goal-drought in this game. After exactly 999 minutes without having scored in the Bundesliga, you bagged the temporary 4-0.
Müller:It was not a brilliant goal, not a superb piece of individual skill but I forced it to happen. At the same time, I was a bit fortunate that the ball ended up with me in the first place. That is how football is sometimes. When you lay siege to the opponents’ penalty area, fire off several attempts, it is very likely that some shots will get deflected and that is what happened. Nothing unusual in football.
Question: You celebrated your goal intensively. How relieved were you?
Müller:It feels good and it was a nice moment for me but not earth-shattering. It is good that my goal-curse is now over (laughs). Now I can face the journalists questions more easily again. But the goal was not as important to myself as to people on the outside. I have felt quite good already in our recent games. Obviously you like to score goals, especially when you are expected to. But I did not make as much of it as some people wrote in their articles.
Question: Did the discussion ever get on your nerves?
Müller:The only thing that gets on your nerves is when you are not happy with your performance. If you play well and do not make any mistakes, then I can deal with it quite well. I’ve been quite relaxed about this topic before and it was just about getting into good shape and being able to help the team again.
Question: And now you will start a scoring run?
Müller: I would not mind if I kept going now that I have broken the deadlock. I hope that it will not take me as long to score my next goal. Today’s goal will be of no use to me in our next game. I will have to start fresh and try to score another one. I know that my team and my club needs my goals, which is why I will always keep trying.
