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Bayern Munich coach Tuchel has sympathy for Ten Hag

Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel says he has sympathy for Erik ten Hag after victory at Manchester United on Tuesday.

Kingsley Coman's 70th minute winner eliminated United not just from the Champions League, but also Europe.

Tuchel later said: "Almost always I feel sympathy for the other coach but we try everything to win matches, these are the goals of high level sports but of course I have sympathy, he has a lot of key players injured for a decisive match, they lack the personality and maybe the width to change games from the bench. It is not an easy time but I am pretty sure he knows what to do next and he does not need my advice or clapping on the shoulders, he is experienced enough to go through it. I had not a nice moment last Saturday and sometimes you feel pretty lonely as a coach

"Yeah this is a huge club and not what you expect. In the group you expect also Manchester United challenging for the win of the group and a place in the round of 16 but in my experience I can tell you we had a difficult group.

"The matches were tight, the results were narrow so you could see everything was possible until today for Manchester United. In some of the matches games changed in a blink of an eye. They were comfortable in the lead in Istanbul and gave it away, they were comfortable in the lead in Copenhagen.

"It is a big club, they are a dangerous team"

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