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November 25, 2010, Thursday
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BAYERN Munich has played down 2-3 Champions League defeat at AS Roma in an effort to defuse tension at the club after a string of bad results.
Bayern, which still qualified top of its group for the last 16 knockout phase with a game to spare, squandered a 2-0 lead in the second half as the hosts clinched an unexpected win.
"A defeat is never a good thing, there is nothing positive there but Bayern can live with this loss," the club's CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said. "I think it would be good for everyone to treat this defeat softly as we have already advanced as group leaders after five games," he said.
Coach Louis van Gaal has been under mounting pressure following a poor start to the Bundesliga season.
The Dutchman, while successfully guiding his team through the group stage in Europe, has seen the German champion struggle in the Bundesliga where it is 14 points off the pace in eighth place.
Van Gaal has been sharply criticized by Bayern boss Uli Hoeness for trying to run the club as a "one-man-show" and its French attacking midfielder Franck Ribery complained on Tuesday of having a lack of connection with the manager.
"This defeat influences our self-confidence ahead of the league game against Eintracht Frankfurt (in Munich on Saturday)," said Van Gaal whose aim is to earn 10 points from the four league games before the winter break.
"We have to be dominant against Frankfurt, show we have that confidence in our game," he said after calling their implosion after halftime against Roma "unbelievable."
"Of course, it would have been better for that (Saturday's match) if we had won the game in Rome," said Van Gaal, who extended his contract to 2102 in September.
Bayern, which still qualified top of its group for the last 16 knockout phase with a game to spare, squandered a 2-0 lead in the second half as the hosts clinched an unexpected win.
"A defeat is never a good thing, there is nothing positive there but Bayern can live with this loss," the club's CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said. "I think it would be good for everyone to treat this defeat softly as we have already advanced as group leaders after five games," he said.
Coach Louis van Gaal has been under mounting pressure following a poor start to the Bundesliga season.
The Dutchman, while successfully guiding his team through the group stage in Europe, has seen the German champion struggle in the Bundesliga where it is 14 points off the pace in eighth place.
Van Gaal has been sharply criticized by Bayern boss Uli Hoeness for trying to run the club as a "one-man-show" and its French attacking midfielder Franck Ribery complained on Tuesday of having a lack of connection with the manager.
"This defeat influences our self-confidence ahead of the league game against Eintracht Frankfurt (in Munich on Saturday)," said Van Gaal whose aim is to earn 10 points from the four league games before the winter break.
"We have to be dominant against Frankfurt, show we have that confidence in our game," he said after calling their implosion after halftime against Roma "unbelievable."
"Of course, it would have been better for that (Saturday's match) if we had won the game in Rome," said Van Gaal, who extended his contract to 2102 in September.
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