“I am happy about the result, but I am not moved by it. I know that we still face 90 very difficult minutes in Spain. We will enjoy what happened tonight, but not more.” – Jupp Heynckes, head coach, Bayern Munich, via UEFA.com
“We have been displaying extraordinary football for the entire season now. Falling short of success in the past two years has only made them more hungry to win this year … Today’s game was a perfect .” – Heynckes, via UEFA.com
“Bayern played a great game while we were lacking that freshness to compete with them and that is something that we have to look at. We didn’t see situations where we could have changed things after the break.” – Jordi Roura, assistant coach, Barcelona, via UEFA.com
“Bayern have to be congratulated. They were very strong; they are a very physical team. We didn’t play all that badly in the first half but then they scored quite early in the second from a strategic move and from there it was difficult.” – Roura, via UEFA.com
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“We felt comfortable despite having to run a lot during the game, Barcelona make you do that. If it were against any other team you might feel confident [going into the second leg], but this is Barça; they beat AC Milan by 4-0 in a previous round.” – Javi Martinez, midfielder, Bayern Munich, via UEFA.com
“We’ve played a lot of good games this season so I’m not sure if this is the best. We knew how to play against Barcelona tonight. They had very few chances while we controlled the midfield and prevented them from moving the ball around. We took advantage of dead ball situations.” – Martinez, via UEFA.Com
“Of course I can comprehend what happened today! We have the potential to beat any team. It is a well known fact that Barcelona have problems in the air. Our defensive performance was close to perfection, that was the key to our success today.” – Philipp Lahm, defender/captain, Bayern Munich, via UEFA.com
“To get such a result, we knew we had to run and press together a lot. Apart from that, we knew we had a striker who could score. We are very happy.” – Franck Ribery, winger, Bayern Munich, via UEFA.com
“[Barcelona] have dominated Europe for the last five years so to beat them like that, it makes you proud … We played a perfect game. We fought for every metre. We didn’t give them any space to play, and they only had one or two chances all night.” – Arjen Robben, winger, Bayern Munich, via UEFA.com
“We played fantastic today. I have never experienced a night like this and I have been around for quite some time now. I think we all saw that [Lionel] Messi was not fully fit. We have a very good chance to reach the final now.” – Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, chairman, Bayern Munich, via UEFA.com
“Referee mistake in first three Bayern goals? there have been mistakes in our last three CL away games, but tonight it’s no excuse.” – Roura, via @barcastuff
“We fell today against a great team like Bayern. We’ll get up as soon as possible. Hugs to all.” – Victor Valdes, goalkeeper, Barcelona, via @1victorvaldes
“Referee mistakes led to first 3 goals of Bayern? We can’t talk about the referee, Bayern were just better.” – Gerard Piqué, defender, Barcelona, via @barcastuff
“Bayern were the better team, stronger, faster. This is almost impossible to turn around.” – Piqué, via @barcastuff
“No changes until late in the game? We didn’t see things clear, thought the players who were there could still score.” – Roura, via @barcastuff
“Tie isn’t over yet. As long is it possible, we’ll keep on trying. There are 90 minutes at the Camp Nou left, they can be very long.” – Dani Alves, right back, Barcelona, via @barcastuff
“If your opponent is better than you, you can only congratulate them. Bayern are the strongest team I’ve faced in a long time.” – Alves, @barcastuff
“Call Pep? Please respect me, I don’t need to call anyone.” – Heynckes, via @KayLMurray
