Thomas Tuchel reflects on tough to accept defeat after Real Madrid came from behind to win 2-1 and knock Bayern Munich out of the Champions League on Wednesday.

After a 2-2 draw in the first leg of the semi-final at the Allianz Arena, Bayern took the lead in the 68th minute through Alphonso Davies.

However, Joselu came off the bench to score twice in three minutes to send the LaLiga champions to the Champions League final with a 4-3 aggregate win over Bayern.

It hurts. It’ll take a while to recover, but on the one hand, it’s a loss where we left it all out on the pitch,” Tuchel told DAZN after the game.

Of course, it’s tough to accept. It’s part of reality. No regrets. But on the other, there were too many injuries, a few too many substitution…

As some of the big Premier League clubs bemoan another round of FA Cup football, Scunthorpe United defender Scott Laird said the magic is still alive for lower league teams ahead of his club s clash with Chelsea.

Laird has experienced his fair share of FA Cup magic, too.

In 2011, he was part of the Stevenage side that knocked Newcastle United and in 2012 he helped force a replay against Tottenham with the same team.

But his most memorable moment came in last season s edition when he put Preston North End 1-0 up against Manchester United in an eventual 3-1 loss.

This time, he hopes to go one better with Scunthorpe, who take on reigning Premier League champions Chelsea.

The only people who moan about the FA Cup are in the top leagues, Laird told T…

Chelsea midfielder Nemanja Matic could be on his way out of Stamford Bridge,.

The Serbia international is one of a number of Blues players who have failed to produce their best form this season, and he is set to consider his options going forward.

The twenty-seven-year-old was pulled off after just fifty-five minutes in Saturday’s 3-3 draw with Everton after a below par display, while he missed just two league goals in the whole of the title-winning 2014/15 campaign.

Matic returned to Chelsea two years ago, having originally left the club for Benfica in the summer of 2011 after playing for them just three times in his first spell.

There are also question marks over the futures of Pedro, Eden Hazard, Diego Costa and Oscar as the champions remain j…

Ademola Lookman has joined RB Leipzig from Everton in a deal that could rise to be worth €25million (£22.5m).

England Under-21 international Lookman spent the second half of 2017-18 on loan at Leipzig and willl return permanently on a five-year contract.

The attacker looked set to make the switch prior to the 2018-19 campaign, but Everton rebuffed numerous offers from the Bundesliga side as Marco Silva insisted he saw him as a key member of his squad.

However, Lookman failed to establish himself during Silva s first season at Goodison Park, scoring one goal in 24 appearances across all competitions.

I am very happy to be back here and would like to continue where I left off in the second half of 2017-18 for RB Leipzig, the 21-year-old said.

Germany must give Manuel Neuer every chance of featuring at the World Cup, former national-team goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has urged.

Neuer s 2017-18 campaign has been ruined by injury after the Bayern Munich keeper broke his foot in September.

The 32-year-old, who was a key part of Germany s triumphant squad in Brazil four years ago, has not played since then but did recently return to training.

Lehmann, who was capped 61 times for his country, is keen to see Neuer make the trip to Russia, but concedes he must prove his fitness by returning for Bayern s DFB-Pokal final with Eintracht Frankfurt next weekend.

You should wait as long as you can for him, the former Arsenal star told Bild. 

If he can make the cup final against Frankfurt and the t…

New Inter signing Romelu Lukaku has the quality to adjust his game and conquer the defensive prowess in Serie A, according to his former Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas.

Belgium striker Lukaku ended his two-year stay with Manchester United on Thursday by linking up with Antonio Conte s Nerazzurri in a club-record deal reported to be €80million.

The move ended a protracted saga that has dominated the rumour mill throughout much of the window, with United clearly keen to move him out of Old Trafford.

United beat Conte s Chelsea to Lukaku s signature from Everton in 2017 for a fee reported to be in the region of £75m.

He was first choice under Jose Mourinho and scored 16 Premier League goals in his debut campaign, but was often overlooked in favour of the …

Ferland Mendy scored his first European goal four minutes from time as Real Madrid beat 10-man Atalanta 1-0 in the first leg of their Champions League round-of-16 tie.

A well organised Atalanta looked set to hold on for a draw in a drab encounter at Gewiss Stadium on Wednesday despite Remo Freuler s red card for a professional foul on Mendy after 17 minutes.

Mendy s fine finish late on made it advantage to the injury-hit LaLiga champions ahead of the second leg at Santiago Bernabeu on March 16.

Los Blancos had looked devoid of ideas and could only muster four shots on target, but Mendy stunned the Serie A side in the closing stages.

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Borussia Dortmund are interested in signing Amad Diallo from Manchester United in the January transfer window, according to . However, the German outfit are not the only club interested in signing Diallo this month. Derby County, now managed by former United star Wayne Rooney, are also keen on signing the 19-year-old winger on loan until the end of the season.

Diallo officially joined United from Atalanta in January 2021. Much was expected of the 19-year-old when he arrived at Old Trafford, but he has failed to establish himself in the first team at the Premier League and European giants. The United no. 16 has yet to play in the Premier League this season and has played just once in the Champions League this campaign.

Leaving United on loan to Dortmund or Derby would he…

Manchester City s forward pursuit has dominated headlines.

Since Sergio Aguero left for Barcelona, Pep Guardiola s champions have been targeting a replacement.

Karim Benzema could reportedly fill the void.

TOP STORY – BENZEMA TO CITY?

Manchester City want to sign Real Madrid star Karim Benzema, according to El Nacional.

Premier League champions City are desperate to bolster their attack, having missed out on Tottenham s Harry Kane following the departure of Sergio Aguero at the start of the season.

Borussia Dortmund sensation Erling Haaland and Fiorentina forward Dusan Vlahovic have been linked, but Benzema – out of contract in 2023 – has emerged as an option.

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Jurgen Klopp has signed an extended contract with Borussia Dortmund, keeping him at the Bundesliga club until 2018.

The 46-year-old took over at Signal Iduna Park in 2008 and led the club to consecutive German league titles in 2011 and 2012.

Dortmund also reached the UEFA Champions League final last term, but they were ultimately beaten by Bayern Munich, who also took the Bundesliga crown back with a crushing 25-point margin.

Klopp recently revealed he rejected the advances of Chelsea and Manchester City in the close-season and has further affirmed his commitment to Dortmund with the new deal.

It is an honour that one or more top international club thinks that we do good work, he told the club s official website.

But I am honestly not the type of person tha…