Thomas Tuchel fell in love with Bayern Munich in a damaging 3-0 defeat to Manchester City he described as a lot of fun on Tuesday.
Bayern s hopes of advancing to the Champions League semi-finals look to be in tatters following a one-sided scoreline in their last-eight first leg in Manchester.
City were undoubtedly deserving winners, with Opta counting four big chances to Bayern s one.
But the Bundesliga giants bossed 56 per cent of the possession as City were forced to play without the ball; only on four occasions under Pep Guardiola have they seen less of the play.
That might have been the source of Tuchel s optimism then, as the man who led Chelsea to a 2021 final victory over City revelled in a loss that will likely cost his new side.
I don t agree with the result at all, he told Prime Video. We were punished in phases in which we were the better team. We were simply brutally punished today.
Full time.
3-0
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I thought our performance was very good until 2-0. I don t want to talk down the result; I saw a very good performance until the 70th minute.
I think we deserved at least one goal and gave away one or two too many. I think our players were lacking a bit in confidence and form. Of course, the result is bitter for us.
I fell in love with my team a little today, the way they performed. Even if sounds strange, that was a lot of fun.
