(GSM) – Bayern München boss Louis van Gaal says Fiorentina have the right to feel cheated after they were knocked out of the Champions League last night.
Bayern lost 3-2 on the night, but qualified on the away goals rule, 4-4 on aggregate.
“I understand it is very difficult for Fiorentina to accept being knocked out this way and that the decisive goal was the one in the first leg that was offside,” confessed Van Gaal.
It had been 1-1 in München until Miroslav Klose scored at the final minute when several yards offside.
“Tonight I saw a game with many individual errors and it became a difficult encounter. It wasn’t easy for us, but we played the ball to feet and this saved us in the second half,” added Van Gaal.
“We scored two wonderful goals and are very happy to be through. In the final 10 minutes we could’ve even taken advantage of the extra space to equalise.
“We always tried to play our football and that was our saving grace. It’s a shame at the end that Fiorentina scored more goals than we did.”
