Reaction to Bayern v Arsenal Pep Guardiola: “We were very intelligent. We wanted to stifle Arsenal’s counter-attacks and control the game. We only allowed them one chance in the first half. All Arsenal did was wait for us to lose the ball. Overall we did very well. After they made it 1-1 we had a few problems for 15 minutes, but nothing major. We’re pleased and everything’s good.“ Philipp Lahm: “We were very good in the first half. We controlled the play and stopped them creating anything - this against a very good team. But we’d already put ourselves in a great position in the first leg. We made too many errors in the second half. The game got tighter the longer it went on, so it’s important to be able to see a game through to its conclusion in situations like that.“ Bastian Schweinsteiger: “We tried to apply pressure and attack. Arsenal pulled everyone back and tried to close down the space. We looked to get at them down the flanks and our penetration was reasonably good. But we failed to score. For me personally it’s great to play 90 minutes in the Champions League against a team as good as this.“ Manuel Neuer: “Arsenal are not only a good footballing side, they battle away and they have plenty of desire. You only have to think back to the result last year. You have to be alert. But from the 80th minute we knew we could bring it home.“
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 02:04:21 +0000
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