The midfielder of Bayern, Leon Goretzka, he said after the 4-0 win over the Atlético de Madrid, that his team knew there were situations where the Athletic was vulnerable and gave as an example the play of the first goal, scored by Kingsley coman.
“We knew that there were situations in which Atlético was vulnerable after losses of the ball in the own half. That was the case with the first goal after Joshua (Kimmich) recovered the ball and put that pass to Kingsley. I think that goal set the game straight for us, “he said. Goretzka in statements to the Sky chain.
Goretzka admitted that the Bayern he had needed about ten minutes to “get his bearings” and that at that stage he might have been lucky not to have conceded a goal.
“We need ten minutes to get our bearings, maybe we were lucky in that phase. After we played efficiently, we were effective in front of goal and I think we deservedly won, “he said.
Gorerzka scored the second goal of Bayern, to the center of Coman, in a play that also began with a loss of ball from Athletic.