FC Bayern celebrated a deserved 4-3 win following a frenetic conclusion to their 2023/24 UEFA Champions League opener against Manchester United. "Every win in the Champions League is big," said head coach Thomas Tuchel on the importance of the victory. "It was a wild game. We were good going forward, but have to stop making so many mistakes," commented Man of the Match Leroy Sané. fcbayern.com rounds up the rest of the reaction...
Reaction to the win over Manchester United
Thomas Tuchel: "At the end of the day, it's a deserved win. Every win in the Champions League is big. It was important for our self-belief and development, but there are still things we need to improve. We made a very cautious start. The goals helped us find our flow and our confidence levels grew. It's a bit contradictory. I thought we played a lot better in the second half compared to the first, yet we lost the second and won the first. The reaction to the goals we conceded was very good and important."
Leroy Sané: "We're happy to have won our first Champions League game of the season and collected the three points. It was a pretty wild game. We were good going forward, but have to stop making so many mistakes. There was just too much of that. It was definitely a spectacle for the fans, but we needed to calm the game down and do better on the counter-attack. We were 2-0 up. That's when we have to take control of the game, especially when we win back the ball; then we have to find the right man."
Konrad Laimer: "It was a wild game. There were phases when we could have controlled the game better. We had chances to make the win safe, but we let the opposition back into it. The important thing is starting with three points. We know we can and have to improve. If we win in the end, it's good."
Reaction from the Manchester United camp
Erik ten Hag (Manchester United head coach): "We're obviously disappointed. When you score three goals in Munich, you have to come away with something - but we didn't do that. We were the better team in the first 25 minutes, but then conceded two silly goals."
Victor Lindelöf (Manchester United defender): "We started the game well. Mistakes are part of the game. It's definitely not the result we wanted. We tried everything and scored three goals, but it wasn't enough. Bayern are a good team with good players."
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