Admits Bayern Munich Deserved To Lose To Villarreal, Nagelsmann: We Lost Strength In Defence

JAKARTA - Bayern Munich coach Julian Nagelsmann could not hide his disappointment after his team lost to Villarreal in the first leg of the 2021/2022 Champions League quarter-finals. However, Nagelsmann also admitted that his team deserved the defeat.

"We deserved to lose. Today we were not good," said Julian Nagelsmann, quoted from the official Champions League website, Thursday, April 7.

"In the first half, we lost strength in defense and created too few chances," he added.

In the meeting at the Estadio de la Ceramica on Thursday, April 7, WIB, the match ended 1-0 for the home team to win. Villarreal's only goal was made by Arnaut Danjuma when the game had only been running for eight minutes.

This was Bayern's first away defeat in the Champions League. Because for almost the last five years, Die Roten have always been able to record a win or at least go home with a draw.

Further about the course of the match, Nagelsmann said that Bayern were even a little luckier. The reason is, if you look at some of the opportunities created by Villarreal, Die Roten is considered to be able to lose with a larger goal margin.

"Second half, really. We gave up control because we really wanted to score, but we could have conceded two more goals," Nagelsmann added.

For this defeat in the first leg, Bayern will obviously carry a heavy burden on their shoulders when they carry out the second leg. Because, when they travel to Germany next week, Die Roten must win by a difference of more than one goal to qualify automatically for the semifinals.