Bayern Munich defender Holger Badstuber has revealed he didn't quite know how to react when he headed in his team's fifth goal in the 7-0 demolition of Shakhtar Donetsk this week - his first in the Champions League and only his second ever for the first-team.
"It was a fantastic feeling. I don't score very often. I really didn't know how I should celebrate," the 26-year-old joked to Bayern's website afterwards.
"But the goal was just the icing on the cake, it was much more important that we made the next round," he continued. "If you've come away from the first leg with a dangerous result but go on to complete the job at home, it's obviously a great weight off your shoulders."
Badstuber is one of a number of home-grown players in the Bayern squad, rising through the ranks with Thomas Müller. But where Müller has become one of the biggest names in Europe, Badstuber has seen his career ravaged by injury.
He missed the entirety of the 2013/14 campaign and CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge reserved special praise for the way his player has come back to action.
"He's my personal hero. If you've had the year and a half he's had but keep coming back. He deserves all the support he's getting from the south terrace," Rummenigge said.
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