‘Pep missing cherry on the cake’

Pep Guardiola will leave Bayern Munich with his reputation in tact but it will be remembered for missing the “cherry on the cake” after failing to win the Champions League, according to Sky Sports Munich reporter Uli Koehler.

Bayern were knocked out in the last four of the competition by Atletico Madrid on away goals, despite a 2-1 win at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday.

It means Guardiola will leave to join Manchester City this summer having lost three semi-finals to Spanish opposition during his time in Bavaria after defeats to Real Madrid and Barcelona previously.

The Catalan coach said he was not concerned with his track record after the defeat to Atletico, and Koehler hailed Guardiola as “incredible”, but said it would be remembered that he came up short in Europe.

“I was talking in the last couple of hours to the fans and, okay, there is still disappointment here but Pep Guardiola has done great work here,” Koehler told Sky Sports News HQ. “As a manager he developed the team to a really top, top level.

“Pep Guardiola is an incredible manager but maybe sometimes the players were confused about all his decisions. Sometimes, maybe, he makes it too complicated, the easy game is not his game. One game he changed the tactics four times but at the end he …

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