Pep Guardiola: You can kill me if Atletico Madrid beat Bayern Munich
ByFootballEspana
Pep Guardiola has given journalists permission to “kill” him if Bayern Munich are eliminated by Atletico Madrid from the Champions League semi-finals.
Bayern welcome Atleti to the Allianz Arena next week with a 1-0 deficit from the first leg, which was marred by Thomas Muller’s absence from their starting line-up, but Guardiola finds the criticism directed at him to be premature as “the tie isn’t over yet”.
“Everyone has killed me, but I’m still alive,” he said at a Press conference ahead of Bayern’s game against Borussia Monchengladbach on Saturday, in which a win would secure them the Bundesliga title.
“We have another game left [in the tie], and if we lose it then you can kill me, but we still have a chance.
“[On Muller not starting], maybe it would’ve been better to play him [from the start], but I had to make a decision and it was nothing against him, just tactics.
“I didn’t want the same to happen to me as last season against Barcelona.
“Ultimately, I have to make decisions, but tie isn’t over yet. We’re still in it.”
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