Kerim and Karim clinch big win in Vienna

The home team was then about to unleash a furious spell. While Alex Schlager heroically prevented us from conceding a goal, even the Austrian national team goalkeeper couldn't handle every situation – Boateng pounced on a loose ball after a throw-in to pull a goal back (61').

While Austria continued to force Schlager into some key saves, a Viennese native brought their mini recovery to a halt. Just moments after entering the pitch, Karim Onisiwo took the ball from the hard-working Sota Kitano. The 34-year-old curled the ball beautifully into the net, leaving Sahin-Radlinger and the nearly 15,000 fans in the Generali Arena awestruck (77').

Nothing further happened in the final stretch, as we had another good day in Vienna-Favoriten – we've been unbeaten here since March 2014 – to keep our title hopes alive.

Views

Today we showed that we can win a game like this through sheer grit and determination. The first half, in particular, was really good. In the second half, we lost a bit of control and had shorter spells of possession, but it definitely feels like a deserved victory. It was important for us to see that we can still do it. This will give us a boost – and we're back in action in three days. We want to get all three points at home then.

Tim Drexler

Match data

Line-ups & substitutions

FK Austria Vienna: Sahin-Radlinger – Wiesinger, Dragovic, Handl (46. Plavotic) – Ranftl, Barry, Fischer © (82. K. Lee), T. Lee (70. Schablas), Saljic (70. Wustinger), Markovic (82. Vucic) – Boateng

**FC Red Bull Salzburg:**Schlager – Lainer, Schuster, Drexler, Krätzig – Bidstrup ©, Kitano, Kjaergaard (90. Diabate) – Vertessen (90. Aguilar), Konate (74. Onisiwo), Alajbegovic (82. Yeo)

Referee: Markus Hameter

**Goals:**Boateng (61.) - Alajbegovic (3.), Konate (28.), Onisiwo (77.)

Yellow cards: Saljic (35./Foul), Boateng (62./Foul) bzw. Kjaergaard (14./Foul), Lainer (45.+1/Foul), Krätzig (50./Foul), Yeo (86./Foul)

**Attendance:**14.523

Injury news

• Niot available were Takumu Kawamura (knee), Oliver Lukic (back), Justin Omoregie (shoulder) and Damir Redzic (thigh). John Mellberg was also not fit in time.