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| Frank Ribery and Gally Neville fighting for the ball. Photo: FC Bayern |
Manchester United opened the scoring in the 2nd minute of first half when Wayne Rooney converted Nani's cross with his left foot.
Composed and well organised Bavarian titans failed to equalize in the first half with Edwin van dersar's brilliant saves.
But things changed in the second half when Frank Ribery equalised with a deflected free-kick to slot home in 77th minute.
It was all over now in the two minutes of added time when the Germans exchanged perfect passes before Ivac Olic shooting home to easy the pressure of the Louis Van Gaal and claim a dramatic victory.
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After such courageous win over Manchester United Bayern Munich boss Louis Van Gaal says he did not see something strange as his team fully deserved a victory.
“I think it was fully deserved. We were on top, even in the first half. We shouldn’t be conceding goals in the first minute, but it’s happened and it was a shock. We needed ten minutes to get ourselves straight mentally. Manchester have scored here in Munich, so 1-0 is enough for them. But we’ve always scored at least once away from home up to now, so that’s why I do believe we’re in with a chance,” Louis van Gaal told club’s official site.
Last night’s rescuer, Ivica Olic also said it was painful to concede what he call “ a stupid goal in the first minute and advised the team to keep it real if they are to make it to the semi-finals.
Ivica Olic said: “We can’t be conceding a stupid goal like that in the first minute, but we tried to get after them throughout the game. We were much better in the second half. A win is always better than a draw. The atmosphere was incredible. Normally I don’t hear anything when I’m playing, but I heard the support the whole time tonight. We’ll have to do just as well or better next week if we’re to make it to the semi-finals.”
Meanwhile Manchester United boss, Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted that his players were not good enough and in part caused their own downfall.
“We didn’t do well enough, simple as that,” the manager told club’s official site.
“Possession has been an important part of our game over the last few years but we just kept giving the ball away and we caused our own defeat really.
"It’s a disappointing performance, possession-wise.”
While critical of his own team, the boss rightly praised the opposition, saying they fully merited the win.
“Bayern were the better team, we can’t complain about that. You have to give them credit, they pressed the ball well. It was a big effort by them in that respect.
“Nonetheless we should be better than that in possession of the ball. We just kept giving it away and it was our downfall.”
The Germans will be travelling to Manchester next week in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinal.
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