'We did everything to lose this match!' – Thomas Tuchel slams his Bayern Munich team after Champions League defeat | 8RG9V43 | 2024-02-17 16:08:01
Thomas Tuchel bemoaned that his Bayern Munich staff 'stopped believing' during their defeat at Lazio within the Champions League.
10-man Bayern have been woeful as they deservedly lost 1-0 in Rome on Wednesday night because of a Ciro Immobile penalty.
This was the German giants first Champions League final 16 first leg defeat for 11 seasons, and the first recreation in five years that they did not register a shot on course.
Harry Kane called the result 'disappointing', however manager Tuchel was much more scathing in his evaluation, saying post-match: 'Within the first half, we had to take the lead. We had three clear possibilities. We've got to do this stuff.
'[The second half was] characterised by uncertainty again. It was a bit slapstick.
'We did every part to lose this match. It was in our palms.
'At a certain level we stopped believing, I've no concept why. There were many particular person errors.
'We're annoyed and indignant concerning the defeat. I feel we lost the sport, I'm unsure Lazio gained it.'
Bayern are 5 points off Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga title race, out of the German Cup after being crushed by a aspect from the third-tier and now their Champions League hopes cling by a thread.
All in all, this could nicely end up being their first trophy-less season for 12 years, but even if results turn around Tuchel's future on the Allianz Area is wanting bleak.
</div> The previous Chelsea boss solely took over from Julian Nagelsmann a yr in the past but has already misplaced the same quantity of games as his predecessor (10) in half the variety of matches.
The 50-year-old is defiant that he's the appropriate man for the job, bluntly stating: 'No, I'm not apprehensive about my future or [the] potential sack.'
Lazio's penalty happened after Dayot Upamecano made a rash, studs-up challenge on Gustav Isaksen, for which he acquired a purple card.
'[There was] no need for Upamecano to go in like that. It's not wild or intentional – but simply block the shot,' Tuchel added
'We did all the things we might to fall behind, making errors and dropping confidence. In the second our efficiency dropped inexplicably. We lost our rhythm.
'It was utterly our duty. We misplaced a recreation at this time that in the first half seemed like we couldn't lose it.'
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