Bayern Munich experienced a cup nightmare last night: an unprecedented 5-0 defeat on the field of Borussia Mönchengladbach. The reason? It sounds like a collective failure. It was a dream evening for the opponent.
No trainer Julian Nagelsmann along the line due to a corona infection, but Dino Toppmöller. So he had to come and explain it after the fall. “We had a blackout,” he said. “We were a meter late everywhere. This loss is difficult to accept, although Gladbach certainly deserved the victory.”
“We had a clever plan, but we couldn’t put it into practice. 3-0 behind after 20 minutes, that’s a drama. It was a day to forget, a day lost. We have to apologize to our fans Now we have to try to swallow this quickly and react on Saturday.”
I can’t explain what happened. Everything that could go wrong, went wrong
Thomas Müller was also not kind to himself and his team. “It was a catastrophic performance, only Neuer was the exception. I’ve never experienced this. It’s very difficult to understand this. Our Bayern engine just didn’t start. We can only apologize to the fans and to Gladbach.”
Sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic also had his say. “We just weren’t in this game. That has nothing to do with Nagelsmann’s absence, we knew it wasn’t going to be easy here. But honestly, I can’t explain what happened here. Everything that could go wrong, went wrong. wrong. A collective blackout.”
“You dream of this, but you don’t think it will ever come true”
There are, of course, happy faces on the other side. “We started the game very well and quickly led 3-0. Of course you have to earn that, but all the puzzle pieces fell into place today,” said player Jonas Hofmann afterwards.
“We were in a trance, but also executed our plan perfectly. Even when you play at Bayern, you start to doubt when you look at a 3-0 so quickly. They are only human beings.”
“Sometimes you dream of something like that, but you don’t think it will ever really happen,” said a beaming Max Eberl, sporting director of the home team. “This is a historic achievement.”
