The Bavarian outfit’s trainer admitted that his side were fortunate to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Champions League and publicly criticised their lacklustre performance at the Allianz Arena
Bayern Munich head coach Jupp Heynckes has disapproved his team’s below par performance after they lost 2-0 to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 FC in the UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg. However, the German club were lucky to reach the next
round of Europe’s premier cup competition on away goals rule.
The team trainer claimed that they suffered humiliation at their home ground as things did not go according to their game plan. He stated that on a whole Der FCB were not up to their usual standards but were fortunate to go through
at the expense of the English Premier League side.
"I think altogether we have to be critical of our performance today. At the end, we did get away with a black eye, however," he added.
The former Real Madrid coach suggested that the early strike from Olivier Giroud was a big blow and things went worse from there. He further added that Die Roten struggled a lot in the first half and could not play their normal
game during that time period.
"That early goal made us lose our concept and rhythm a bit. I would not say we were surprised, but we were not really up to it, especially during the first half,” he was quoted as saying in an interview.
Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge also agreed with the boss and said that they missed the influence of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bastian-Schweinsteiger-c7374 and Frank Ribery.
"We never played as calm, as we usually do. This game should be an instructive example for us: You have never reached the next round, until the match is played,” the former player finally concluded.
Rummenigge revealed that it was a tough game and they deserved to lose 2-0. He admitted that winning the first match helped them qualify for the quarter-finals. On the other hand, he conceded that this is a warning call for them
that they cannot take teams easy in any of their future matches.
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