The British media devoted page after page of reactions to Manchester United’s elimination from the Champions League following the late comeback by Bayern Munich at Old Trafford on Wednesday night. As expected, the German media also provided a huge amount of coverage to what one newspaper described as a “little footballing miracle” while lavishing praise on Dutch manager Louis van Gaal and his team. Here is a small taste of it.

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Somebody said many years ago that football is a game of inches! No idea as to who it was but how absolutely right that statement proved to be was perfectly illustrated by the elimination of Manchester United at the quarter final stage of the Champions League – by an inch!

One crucial incident amongst the many which were discussed following that 1-2 defeat by Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena was buried underneath all the headlines involving the injury suffered by Wayne Rooney which had the whole of England holding its collective breath. Read the full story

Manchester United face Bayern Munich, who have lost just twice in this year’s Bundesliga, a fixture Sir Alex Ferguson called very tough. United are second favourites after being handed a repeat of their famous “football, bloody hell” final of 1999, when they scored twice in the dying moments to pinch the trophy from Bayern. The German side won the tournament two years later however beating Valencia on penalties after defeating United in the last eight.

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