Saturday, 31 October 2015

Guardiola: Bayern had enough chances to beat Frankfurt


Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola was frustrated his
side passed up opportunities to score in a goalless
draw with Eintracht Frankfurt.

Pep Guardiola rued Bayern Munich's missed chances as they
were held to a 0-0 draw by Eintracht Frankfurt.

After 10 successive wins at the start of the Bundesliga season,
the Bavarian side dropped points for the first time at the
Commerzbank Arena on Friday.

Javi Martinez, Douglas Costa and Robert Lewandowski all
passed up opportunities to find the net as Armin Veh's side
defended resiliently to earn a share of the spoils.

Guardiola felt his side deserved more from the game and
praised their efforts despite failing to make a breakthrough.

"Of course, the opponent can play as they please," the Spaniard
said afterwards.

"They defended very well with depth, because we had less
space.

"I think we had enough chances to win the game.

"A big compliment to my team for their great hear and for having
tried everything."

The fixture saw Philipp Lahm make his 450th competitive
appearance for Bayern, but he was not pleased with the
gameplan of their opponents or the result.

"Every game you think it cannot get more defensive and then
another opponent arrives," the Bayern captain said.

"We had some tremendous opportunities that you have to take
against such opponents and today we did not succeed."

Manuel Neuer suggested that Frankfurt's defensive tactics may
have been more suited to a different sport.

"Frankfurt were clever and defended for a long time like it was
handball or basketball," he commented.

"It is frustrating. Frankfurt created very few chances."

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