The missed penalty gave us life.
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His failure to clinch the Champions League means he will be unable to become the fifth Bayern coach to lift the continent’s most prestigious trophy, with the man he succeeded among the elite quartet to have achieved that feat.
The defeat leaves him with just two more matches in charge of the Blues, and their clash with Arsenal on Sunday represents an opportunity to finally seal their place in the Premier League’s top four to end an inconsistent season. “Yes, in terms of what we have won”, he replied.
Bayern’s exit ended their hopes of claiming a treble with Atletico going through to the May 28 final at the San Siro in Milan after winning the first leg 1-0 last week.
Bayern Munich chief executive Karl-Heinz Rumenigge says the German side feel “cheated” after being dumped out of the Champions League by Atletico Madrid.
Real Madrid’s record signing Gareth Bale has suffered an injury to his right knee following the 1-0 win over Manchester City in Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final tie. He will be replaced by Italian Carlo Ancelotti.
“Titles are numbers, statistics are statistics”. I wanted to reach the [Champions League] final.
Having been hammered in the German media for starting the first leg without Mueller, Guardiola included the Germany star and also brought in Jerome Boateng and Franck Ribery for the return.
“It is clear that football has the good side and the bad”, he added. When you go home feeling you have not given all. I have not managed it, I hope Carlo can do it next season.
“We just needed one goal, but that is football”. In my opinion they were focused, they put us in trouble. They did not have the ball, they took on the best team in the world, they took their chances and got to the final. “We got to the final, but we haven’t won yet”. “It’s a pity we haven’t rewarded ourselves and the coach for the last three years”.
Thomas Muller, who missed a penalty moments after Alonso had opened the scoring, was left to rue his failure from the spot.
“I was very happy here”.
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“Of course, I am disappointed not to have converted the penalty”.
