Jamie Carragher slammed Bayern Munich’s two centre-backs for his or her pricey error that led to Jhon Duran’s late winner for Aston Villa within the Champions League on Wednesday night.
The 2 groups seemed to be heading for a goalless draw at Villa Park earlier than second-half substitute Duran scored an audacious winner within the dying moments.
9 minutes after changing Ollie Watkins, the 20-year-old striker obtained a pinpoint cross from Pau Torres and fired the ball over Manuel Neuer with an astonishing 40-yard strike to safe a dramatic 1-0 win for Unai Emery’s aspect.
The swift, counterattacking aim got here from Bayern’s personal attacking set piece, and Carragher laid the blame firmly on the door of centre-back duo Kim Min-jae and Dayot Upamecano for a pricey error the pair made as they retreated.
‘We spoke about Bayern Munich’s centre-backs earlier than the sport and, for me, they’re the issue when it comes to Aston Villa’s profitable aim,’ the previous Liverpool centre-back mentioned throughout his evaluation for CBS Sports activities.
‘The aim comes from their very own set piece and once they need to get again they’re on the alternative aspect as a result of Kim often performs on the left and Upamecano on the proper.
‘However as an alternative of operating again like they’re they cross over. So now it’s an extended run for Upamecano and because the ball involves Dhuran he’s on the improper aspect and he can by no means get again.
‘There needs to be no downside in them simply going again on the alternative sides to begin with as a result of they’ve to identify that hazard of Duran.’
Micah Richards echoed Carragher’s sentiments and took goal at Kim’s lack of defensive consciousness as he retreated within the build-up to the profitable aim.
‘He’s operating again into place and he doesn’t even know the place the ball is,’ Richards mentioned of the South Korean.
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‘He can’t see the place the ball is. While you’re a defender you’re alleged to run again into place and look the place the ball is. That is Underneath-10s stuff and it’s value them.’
Vincent Kompany, in the meantime, felt his staff had been left to rue their missed possibilities on the different finish of the pitch.
‘We missed some large possibilities and so they scored the possibility. We’ve received to take the learnings from this,’ the Bayern supervisor advised TNT Sports activities.
‘When we now have the ball, we’re harmful, however they’re a robust staff, this isn’t a straightforward place. It wasn’t a nasty efficiency’
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