Bayern Munich boss Tuchel on their epic 4-3 UEFA Champions League win over Manchester United

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Bayern Munich boss Thomas Tuchel on their epic 4-3 UEFA Champions League win over Manchester United

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00:00 Good evening and welcome.

00:02 FC Bayern have decided on a successful start to the Champions League season.

00:07 We'll start with the press conference and Thomas Tuchel, who has come to us.

00:12 We'll start with the questions and want to move on quickly.

00:16 The first message comes from Heiko Niederer from the Bild newspaper.

00:19 Yes, a logical question, of course.

00:21 How was it for you up there, I think, to look at your daughter and the team manager?

00:26 I mean, there was also an iPad.

00:28 Was there any kind of communication possible or was it just a game?

00:32 The game was delayed by 20 seconds, I think.

00:36 That's good, of course, because you see something live and can check it again.

00:40 Otherwise there was no communication.

00:43 It wasn't allowed and it's not that helpful.

00:46 That's part of it, that you coach where you should coach, from the sidelines.

00:52 You get the emotions better.

00:55 Not just the spatial distance, but the spatial distance also creates an emotional distance.

01:03 But we don't need to repeat that. It was enough.

01:08 We'll go to the left, Klaus Bergmann for the DPA.

01:11 Mr. Tuchel, how do you rate the game overall?

01:14 A bit wild, but the win is deserved.

01:18 And would you perhaps say something about Matissell?

01:21 He actually deserves to play from the start.

01:25 But someone who always plays as a joker, what do you do with him?

01:28 Nothing.

01:31 Matisse does an outstanding job.

01:34 If we bring him in from the start, we expect the same.

01:37 But at the moment he has this role and it's extremely successful.

01:41 That's something you don't want to interrupt.

01:47 But it's a question of time, when he can play from the start.

01:51 It's part of it, in his age and the challenging role he's in.

01:57 In a big club and in Bayern, when he has to get through,

02:00 there are phases like that, where you have to do a lot in a few minutes.

02:04 And he's doing that right now.

02:06 That's very good for him and for us, because we know that.

02:10 He's proven that again and again.

02:13 That he can build faith in the team and gives the team confidence.

02:18 That's the most important thing when you want to play for Bayern in your young years.

02:22 That's why we're very happy.

02:24 The result is a bit on the top of our heads.

02:29 We didn't play that well in the first half and got 2-0 lead.

02:34 We played very well in the second half.

02:36 But we even lost in the second half.

02:39 I think it's a deserved win.

02:43 Every win in the Champions League is a big point.

02:47 Every win against Manchester United is a big point.

02:50 There's no doubt about that.

02:52 But there are things we're working on.

02:54 We didn't have the rhythm and the access we wanted in the first half.

03:02 We got two goals and gained confidence.

03:05 We played with more confidence and more rhythm.

03:09 I think we should have decided the game after the 3-1.

03:14 In many, many switches and spaces that we found and played better.

03:20 We should have scored the fourth or fifth goal.

03:23 And we got into trouble twice.

03:26 The reactions were very good.

03:29 That's the positive for today.

03:31 The reactions after the goals were very good.

03:33 We played with confidence and we had the flow of the game.

03:41 Here in the front, in the third row.

03:43 Hi Thomas. On Harry Kane, no surprise a goal in his first Champions League game for you.

03:49 What did you make of his performance and how he was fitting in with his teammates?

03:53 All fine. We played him in a different role in a half position today.

03:57 To turn and assist and assist in two-hour speed on the sides.

04:03 We found him more involved in the second half.

04:08 The whole team was more involved and more fluid.

04:11 We found him better in the half spaces.

04:13 Spaces opened up minute by minute.

04:17 And then he had some chances that he took, which is of course fair enough.

04:22 As a number nine, as a goal scorer.

04:24 He scored a very important penalty to have the two goal lead again after just conceding.

04:32 So everything is fine.

04:34 Heiko Niederen again.

04:36 Can you explain the change of players? Thomas Müller came in late.

04:41 You might have expected him to be more of a muse.

04:43 What were the thoughts behind that?

04:45 I have to ask my colleagues what they thought about that.

04:49 Of course, McTominay came in with the opponent.

04:52 That's why we brought Choupo, because of the size in the starting line-up.

04:57 Choupo is very strong in the head.

04:59 It's normal that we have a team that is twice as busy on every position.

05:07 Players sit outside and only get a few minutes in individual games.

05:11 They deserve to start.

05:13 They deserve to play more.

05:15 But that will be the case automatically.

05:18 We need everyone.

05:20 Everyone plays their part from matchday to matchday.

05:23 Choupo did very well today.

05:25 As I said, we need a bit of everyone.

05:29 My assistants decided on the size of the players.

05:32 Then the head-to-head strength, because McTominay was on the field.

05:35 Thank you very much.

05:37 It's late.

05:38 Have a good trip home.

05:39 See you next time.

05:40 Servus.

05:41 Thank you, Thomas.

05:42 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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