Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola believes his team s performance against Borussia Dortmund was their best against their rivals since his arrival.
Dortmund advanced to the DFB Pokal final on Tuesday after the clash finished 1-1 through 120 minutes, before Bayern missed four penalties to go down 2-0 in the shoot-out.
Guardiola, whose team had Arjen Robben, Robert Lewandowski and Thiago Alcantara suffer injuries, felt it was one of their better displays against Dortmund since he took over ahead of the 2013-14 season.
I am prouder than ever of my team, he said.
We have done everything, so I am very satisfied. We played well it was our best game against BVB [Dortmund] in my period here in Germany.
In a penalty shoot-out we were a bit tired. I congratulate the BVB and wish them luck for the final.
Bayern made an unlucky start to the penalty shoot-out at Allianz Arena as both Philipp Lahm and Xabi Alonso slipped to miss their spot-kicks.
Lahm said the timing of the slips were unfortunate.
It can happen so, that even slips, but such a thing in a semi-final is extremely bitter. One can certainly choose better moments to slip, he said.
It is a pity that we are not in the final. We know how nice that is. Congratulations to Borussia Dortmund.
