Bayern Munich lacked the clinical finishing and killer instinct shown by Paris St Germain, their goalkeeper Manuel Neuer said, after the French side reached the Champions League final with a 1-1 draw in Germany on Wednesday.
Holders PSG earned a 6-5 aggregate victory over the Germans and will face Arsenal in the final on May 30.
For Bayern, who had been chasing a treble, it was a disappointing end to what had been a strong Champions League campaign. They had lost the first leg in Paris 5-4 after trailing 5-2 early in the second half.
“I think we didn’t have the killer instinct in attack today,” said Neuer, who made several good saves. “We didn’t have clear-cut chances today, but we still created enough to score.”
Bayern were 1-0 down after three minutes and were forced to play catch-up throughout. Despite controlling possession they had only a handful of clear scoring chances which they did not take.
“Of course it’s bitter, in the end we lost both games against a very good opponent. We needed to be more decisive,” said Bayern coach Vincent Kompany. “The Champions League is over for us this season, but there will be another chance – and that’s a motivation for me.”
Bayern left it too late with Harry Kane scoring an equaliser in second-half stoppage time, but the Germans needed another goal to level the tie.
“We didn’t have many clear-cut chances, but when you do get those moments… look at Paris. They were simply killers, scoring five goals the way they did in the first leg,” the 40-year-old Neuer, whose future at the club is unclear, said.
“That’s exactly what we needed today and I think you could see that we were actually close to reaching the final, but we weren’t able to finish the job.”
“Our goal unfortunately came a bit too late,” Neuer said. “The stadium was there, we were there as well, but I think in Paris’ penalty area we just weren’t clinical enough.”- Reuters
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