Borussia Dortmund midfielder Nuri Sahin admits it was hard to find the right words to describe the events of Tuesday night.

The BVB team bus was hit with three explosives on the way to the Westfalenstadion for their Champions League quarter-finals, postponing the game until tonight.

After losing 3-2 to AS Monaco, Sahin spoke with Viasport's Jan Aage Fjortoft about the harrowing experience he and his teammates went through just 24 hours before having to play in such a huge European match.

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“It's very hard. It's hard to talk about it. It's hard to find the right words," the former Real Madrid, Feyenoord and Liverpool player said.

“We've seen it a lot of times on TV and it was far, far away from us.

“Even when it was in Istanbul, in my country, on New Year's Eve.

“It was very far from us until last night, we felt how it was to be in a situation like this.

“I don't wish anyone to feel like this."

Sahin added: “Until I was on the pitch in the second half I didn't think about football to be honest.

“Last night I didn't realise what happened until I was at home with my wife and my son, they were waiting at the front door… then I felt how lucky we were.

“I know football is very important. We love football. We suffer with football.

“We earn a lot of money, we have a privileged life, but we are human beings, there is so much more than football in the world and last night we felt it.

“When I was on the bus last night… I can't forget the faces.

“I will never forget those faces in my life, for sure.

“When I saw Marc.

“I was sitting next to [Marcel Schmelzer] I will never forget [Schmelzer's] face.

“It was unbelievable."