Manchester United manager David Moyes has admitted that started Wayne Rooney in the crunch game against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday was a mistake which cost them qualification into the semifinal of the UEFA Champions League
The England forward sustained an injury last week but was rushed to take a place in United's starting XI, but could not prevent the Red Devils from exiting the competition in the hands of the defending champions.
Three second-half strikes from Mario Mandzukic, Thomas Muller and Arjen Robben cancelled out Patrice Evra’s spectacular opener, and the United manager suggested afterwards that he felt forced into fielding his star player.
"I felt at times tonight he was having a struggle striking the ball but he's such a vital player for us," Moyes told reporters. "I never thought we were out of the game, I always thought we were in with a chance.
"When it was 2-1 we needed to score one more to get us to 2-2, but obviously that didn't go for us. I thought it was a bit of bad luck in that third goal.”
“If you lose a goal right after you score it makes the job really difficult. If you're a schoolboy you get told once you score make sure you don't conceded right away and we conceded too quickly," he said.
"I don't know if it was a bit of concentration after we got the goal but we had enough experience on the pitch tonight.”
United have been in each of the last 18 seasons of the Champions League, but this run appears to have come to an end, with the side seven points adrift of fourth in the Premier League with five games remaining.
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The England forward sustained an injury last week but was rushed to take a place in United's starting XI, but could not prevent the Red Devils from exiting the competition in the hands of the defending champions.
"I felt at times tonight he was having a struggle striking the ball but he's such a vital player for us," Moyes told reporters. "I never thought we were out of the game, I always thought we were in with a chance.
"When it was 2-1 we needed to score one more to get us to 2-2, but obviously that didn't go for us. I thought it was a bit of bad luck in that third goal.”
“If you lose a goal right after you score it makes the job really difficult. If you're a schoolboy you get told once you score make sure you don't conceded right away and we conceded too quickly," he said.
"I don't know if it was a bit of concentration after we got the goal but we had enough experience on the pitch tonight.”
United have been in each of the last 18 seasons of the Champions League, but this run appears to have come to an end, with the side seven points adrift of fourth in the Premier League with five games remaining.
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