Paris Saint-Germain coach Thomas Tuchel stands dumbfounded back after a surprising 1-3 defeat to Manchester United in the Champions League.
PSG had convincingly won 2-0 in the first meeting with United in the ottendedelsfinalen.
But in Wednesday’s højdramatiske fight went it already from the start wrong for PSG at home in Paris, when Romelu Lukaku brought the United front after just two minutes.
The French champions could have gone further if they had lost 2-1. But a penalty brought at the last moment United in front at 3-1, with which the british are ahead by a total of 3-3 on the rule of away goals.
Tuchel estimates that his ambitious team played well the first 30 minutes of the match.
– We had opportunities for a second and a third goal, but we had not met them, ” says Tuchel.
It is difficult to pinpoint exactly what went wrong, believes the coach.
– The (United, red.) scored three goals without an attack, without creating an opportunity first. It is difficult, perhaps impossible to analyze it.
the Defeat is reminiscent of PSG’s defeat to Barcelona two years ago, where they also won the first meeting 4-1, but lost the second leg 6-1.
– We must not fall into the trap of comparing with the match against Barcelona, says Tuchel, however.
– the Problem is the way we started today. But we showed good reactions, we were not worried, we dominated the opponent, and we created many chances. After the 1-1 we felt confident in our game.
– It is terrible and hard to lose a fight in this here way, for we did not deserve to be knocked out after 180 minutes, says Thomas Tuchel and regard for PSG’s two matches against United.
the Match was decided, when it was judged a penalty to United in injury time after videohjælp.
Yet assures Tuchel, he is still a supporter of the VAR system.
