Within the second half, after Leverkusen had gone all the way down to 10 males, substituted Edmond Tapsoba held onto Harry Kane throughout a nook, and after a test by VAR, Bayern have been awarded a penalty which Kane transformed to make it 3-0 on the evening.
On the penalty, Xhaka stated:
“Within the Premier League, he [Michael Oliver] doesn’t give that. I spent 7 years there and know Michael. I’m satisfied he wouldn’t whistle it within the Premier League. There are such a lot of blocks within the Premier League that at the moment it was nothing. It’s a bit disappointing from him to whistle such a penalty at this stage and doubtless resolve the sport. In case you give a penalty for each block, there can be so many penalties each sport”
Whatever the penalty, Leverkusen’s efficiency as a complete was very poor, they usually have been means off tempo for the entire sport, each in protection and in assault. On the efficiency, Xhaka commented:
“The frustration is big. Loads of issues occurred at the moment the place I’ve to breathe somewhat to keep away from saying one thing unsuitable. I’m not going to select on people, however there have been just a few issues that shouldn’t have occurred at this stage.”
One of many speaking factors is the will for Xabi Alonso to not play towards Bayern with a recognised striker as soon as once more. Regardless of it working within the earlier encounters, within the video games this yr it has been detrimental to Leverkusen. On the choice, Xhaka famous:
“I’m not the coach. He has his personal concepts – whether or not with or with out a quantity 9.”
The Swiss midfielder then spoke on how the workforce might flip across the end result subsequent week on the BayArena:
“If we go into the second leg [with Bayern’s mentality], take an early lead, then something can occur. I gained’t hand over. We will beat Bayern. We now have to offer every thing. We gained’t hand over.”
With the second leg at dwelling subsequent week, Leverkusen must produce considered one of their greatest performances underneath Alonso to return near turning the tie round whereas they can even want Bayern to have an off day. Whether or not that’s doable seems impossible.
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