Klinsmann: Leverkusen played a great game

Holders Bayern Munich were sent crashing out of the DFB Pokal last night in a goal-filled quarter-final with Bayer Leverkusen.

“Obviously, the players are gutted,” Bayern trainer Juergen Klinsmann said after the game. “We desperately wanted to make the semi-finals but it wasn’t to be and that’s a bitter pill we have to swallow.

“It was an open and attractive match from the off. Leverkusen piled on the pressure. They were very aggressive, and they pressed us in every area of the field. They never let us get going. They played well and deserved to win. We failed to move the ball at speed, stretch the play wide and create space for ourselves.