'We are humans, not machines,' says Bayern Munich coach after historic 5-0 defeat

"Bayern Munich's players are not machines and can also have a bad day," coach Julian Nagelsmann said on Friday (October 29) in an effort to explain their shock 5-0 demolition at Borussia Moenchengladbach in the German Cup on Wednesday.

Munich: Julian Nagelsmann, who missed the second-round game and will still be in quarantine on Saturday (October 30) when Bayern visit Union Berlin in the Bundesliga due to his COVID-19 infection, said the heavy loss showed a lot of things went wrong at the same time.

He promised, however, that his team would be completely different against Union. "We are humans and not machines," Nagelsmann told a virtual news conference on Friday. "We can make mistakes and combined with a good opponent and a bad day for us it led to three goals in (the opening) 21 minutes."

"We showed we are vulnerable but it is important to learn the lessons from this game. It was historic and we have to accept the criticism. No question about that. I screamed (watching at home) and the neighbours must have been wondering what was going on. But we are only human and we can make mistakes and sometimes in one day we can make more than one."