Xabi Alonso was not satisfied with Bayer Leverkusen's overall performance despite a narrow 1-0 victory against Heidenheim, which kept them within six points of league leaders Bayern Munich. The match featured a stoppage-time goal from Emiliano Buendia, maintaining Leverkusen's impressive streak of 31 Bundesliga away games unbeaten. Heidenheim had more chances but failed to convert. Alonso emphasized the importance of points at this stage of the season and acknowledged the team's struggle to find rhythm, while player Jonathan Tah recognized the luck involved in securing the late win.
At this point in the season, all the results and points count, and we know our situation. If we wanted to fight, we had to win today, and we did.
It was another game with a lot of emotions right until the end. It's a difficult game to play in, and it wasn't our best performance.
We really did not play a good game and never got into our rhythm. In the end, we had that bit of luck because we got a late goal.
Leverkusen needed a stoppage-time winner from Emiliano Buendia to snatch a 1-0 victory and stay six points behind Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich.
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