Baumgart smiles after egg slogan and Union's striker goals

First the egging, then the redemption. Steffen Baumgart had a big smile on his face after the 3-1 win against unloved league rivals RB Leipzig. "Of course, it makes me smile a little that we got three goals from our attacking department - out of play. We're happy with the win, but we also know how hard the work was," said the Union coach.

Since the 4-3 win against Frankfurt in September, there had been no goals from an attacker. He had said in the run-up to the game that this statistic was "getting on his nerves". In addition, Union had not scored against RB in four games.

Opponents defeated

After "Freddy (Rönnow) kept us in the game with two outstanding saves", things got going. First, ex-Leipzig player Oliver Burke scored (57th minute), then Ilyas Ansah (64th) and Tim Skarke (90th +3) followed up in front of 22,012 spectators at the sold-out Stadion An der Alten Försterei.

"We'll see if the spell is broken, it's all about just doing it, I'm particularly pleased that the lads who came in at the back helped win the game," said Baumgart. The coach added: "The boys took every tackle, chased every meter, not only worked hard, but also played better going forward and made very, very good use of the situations that came our way."

After all, they "won against one of the league's most in-form teams. We beat our opponents and defeated them in our own way. We were very sharp after the break and pushed ourselves to the limit physically," said Baumgart. Goalscorer Ansah said: "We have the will to pull this game out." The win also keeps Union's streak alive: Berlin have not lost a home game on a Friday night since September 2019. So far, the Berliners have picked up seven wins and two draws.