David Hytner has filed his match report from Old Trafford, which is my cue to go and find some leftovers. Thanks for your company, correspondence and cutting remarks about a club that used to be quite good at the Champions League.
Here’s Erik ten Hag, being asked how the campaign got away from his team. “We didn’t lose it today,” he says. “We had some good performances [in the group], but we made some mistakes and in the end it’s not good enough. Today the performance was very good – we didn’t deserve to lose but we lost the game.”
Only one shot on target – did the players show enough effort? “Absolutely. Very good in the defensive organisation, very good in the pressing, especially the start of the second half. But we were playing against a strong side and they have always individual class.
“The players gave everything. I have to credit them for the way they worked together as a team against this good Bayern side.”
Does he look back with huge regret now? “Not regret, no. We played some good football – Rasmus Hojlund scored five times and we have to take that into the Premier League. We want to be back again in the Champions League.”
Quizzed about Maguire and Shaw, he says he won’t know how bad the injuries are for 24 hours. Bad enough, I suspect, to rule Maguire out of Anfield, and very possibly Shaw too.
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