CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Kimmich: Bayern should have beaten Madrid 7-2
Real Madrid escaped the Allianz Arena with a 2-1 win over Bayern Munich and Joshua Kimmich thinks it should have been a different story.
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Joshua Kimmich and Niklas Sule insist Bayern Munich's sapping 2-1 defeat to Real Madrid should have been a resounding Champions League semi-final victory.
Kimmich gave Bayern a deserved lead at the Allianz Arena and Jupp Heynckes' men passed up opportunities to extend their advantage before Marcelo levelled in the 44th minute.
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The hosts remained in the ascendancy, but a dreadful error from Rafinha let in substitute Marco Asensio to score before the hour and handed the reigning European champions a significant advantage heading into next week's second leg in the Spanish capital.
"Nobody could have moaned if we won this match 5-2," said Sule, who replaced Jerome Boateng during the first half after his fellow Germany international suffered an apparent hamstring injury. "I think I never saw Real Madrid this weak in a match in Munich."
Asked what he thought of Sule's outlook, Kimmich replied: "I'd go with 7-2."
Full-back Kimmich turned in a fine individual performance and he insisted his goal was down to some pre-match home work – not a lucky mishit as was claimed in some quarters.
"I knew that [Keylor] Navas is a goalkeeper who likes to speculate in these situations," the 23-year-old explained. I thought about it ahead of the match and knew what I was going to do in a position like that. So, yes, that was on purpose."