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Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel has admitted he may have made a mistake by starting a “very tired” Jamal Musiala in the 2-0 defeat to Borussia Dortmund.
Goals from Karim Adeyemi and Julian Ryerson in both halves condemned Bayern to a 2-0 defeat in a match where Harry Kane struggled to impress. Reflecting on the defeat, Tuchel wondered whether an exhausted Musiala would not have been better off being used as an impact substitute rather than a starter, having featured in Germany's two victories against France and Belgium last week.
He told reporters after the match: “ I perceived Jamal (Musiala) to be very, very tired when he returned from the national team. In retrospect, I wondered if it might have been better to only use it in the last 30 minutes.”
Tuchel's regrets
Bayern's defeat against Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen's last-minute victory over Hoffenheim mean Tuchel's men are 13 points behind the Bundesliga leader. The German, who will leave Bayern this summer, conceded the title to Xabi Alonso's side and it is now quite possible that the Bavarians will fail to win a trophy for the first time since the 2011/12 campaign.
Bayern will be in the Bundesliga on Saturday, at Heidenheim, before facing Arsenal in the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League. This is the only trophy that the Munich club can reasonably win this season.
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