´We know our situation´ – Alonso insists points more important than Leverkusen performances

Xabi Alonso was not impressed with Bayer Leverkusen’s show successful the triumph implicit Heidenheim but said points are each that substance astatine this signifier of the season.

Leverkusen needed a stoppage-time victor from Emiliano Buendia to snatch a 1-0 triumph and enactment six points down Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich with six games to play.

The Werkself are present unbeaten successful their past 31 Bundesliga distant games (W22 D8), the second-longest tally successful league past (33 by Bayern from April 2012 to March 2014).

Heidenheim had much chances (with 10 shots to Leverkusen’s six), with some teams lone having 2 efforts connected people throughout.

The hosts besides deed the woodwork done Benedikt Gimber successful the archetypal half, though Heidenheim could instrumentality neither of their ‘big’ chances.

Leverkusen’s chances of winning the Bundesliga beryllium astatine conscionable 3.3% contempt their victory, according to the Opta supercomputer, with Bayern the overwhelming favourites astatine 96.7%.

But Alonso is determined to combat to the past matchday, noting that the triumph implicit Heidenheim kept them successful touch.

“At this constituent successful the season, each the results and points count, and we cognize our situation,” Alonso told reporters.

“If we wanted to fight, we had to triumph today, and we did. It’s not the infinitesimal to inquire astir the ‘how’ but alternatively astir the ‘what’.

“It was different crippled with a batch of emotions close until the end. It’s a hard crippled to play in, and it wasn’t our champion performance.

“We had problems, but aft Tuesday [a DFB-Pokal semi-final nonaccomplishment to Arminia Bielefeld] we wanted to observe a triumph again.”

There was small to divided the sides passim for the astir part, with Leverkusen conscionable edging possession (51.4%), portion they had 15 touches successful the absorption container compared to Heidenheim’s 16.

In a choky game, Jonathan Tah says it was Leverkusen’s religion that got them implicit the line.

“We truly did not play a bully crippled and ne'er got into our rhythm,” Tah said.

“In the end, we had that spot of luck due to the fact that we kept astatine it and kept believing successful ourselves.”

Leverkusen big Union Berlin adjacent Saturday, portion Bayern invited Borussia Dortmund successful Der Klassiker successful their adjacent Bundesliga match.