Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard (centre) poses for the media with his team-mates and Thailand’s national team members during the prize ceremony after their friendly match at Ratchamangkala Stadium in Bangkok, yesterday. Liverpool won 3-0 with Philippe Coutinho, Iago Aspar and Gerrard on the scoresheet for the EPL giants.
BERLIN, Germany: Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola said the European champions were unconcerned despite their 4-2 defeat to Borussia Dortmund in the German Super Cup -- a repeat of May’s Champions League final.
It was the Spaniard’s first loss since taking over from Jupp Heynckes, who last season steered Munich to become the first German team to win the treble of European, league and cup titles.
Dortmund’s Germany midfielder Marco Reus scored the second of his two goals in the 86th-minute to settle Saturday’s Super Cup showdown at Borussia’s Westfalenstadion. Bayern were without key midfielders Franck Ribery and Bastian Schweinsteiger andGuardiola said the errors will be fixed.
“Overall, I am happy with the performance,” said the 42-year-old ex-Barcelona coach.
“We played well and what happened came down to individual situations.
“Even though we lost, I didn’t get the feeling that Dortmund were better than us. We still have ten days to get ready for the Bundesliga restart and to correct our minor errors.” AFP
