Dembele, Kane and Upamecano react after PSG’s 5-4 win over Bayern in a thrilling Champions League semi-final first-leg classic
KEY quotes from Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final first leg between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich:
“Two great teams that attack, who don’t question themselves — it’s the Champions League semi-final, we know Bayern are a great team, we are too. We’re happy with the result, even if stopped playing at 5-2… Bayern are a great team, it was an incredible match. Now we’re going to go to Munich to try to win another match, and to qualify (for the final) we’re going to have to concentrate.”
— PSG’s man-of-the-match Ousmane Dembele told Canal+ about his side’s wild 5-4 victory over Bayern
“All football lovers, I’m sure they revelled in watching the match. On the pitch, it was a real pleasure to play in this match. We dream about matches like this all year long, throughout all our childhood… These are two teams with this mentality of never giving up, to always push, to always go forwards. It was a great football match and it will be likewise over there. We have a small advantage, so we have to go over there with the right mentality to win there.”
— PSG captain Marquinhos talked to Canal+ about living the dream in the Champions League semi-final thriller
“You saw two high-level teams in attacking play and transition. Overall, we look at their goals, the penalty was harsh but we could have killed the game earlier on. We fought and we clawed and we’re back in the tie… We go to the Allianz with nothing to lose, we’re at our best when we’re intense and physical. It’ll be who takes their moments next week, with the crowd behind us, we hope that can push us over the line.”
— Bayern striker Harry Kane told the UK’s Amazon Prime that he was still confident ahead of the second leg in Munich next week
“It will be a very intense match with lots of duels, but we will do everything to show that we’re at home. We played a great match but nothing is over. They will have to come to the Arena and that will be another great, great match and we will defend our jerseys.”
— Bayern goalscorer Dayot Upamecano looks forward to next week’s second leg
