Bayern loss 'finished' Sevilla players, says Escudero

Dom Farrell

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Captain Sergio Escudero praised Sevilla for leaving all their efforts on the field as they bowed out of the Champions League at Bayern Munich.

Vincenzo Montella's side stunned Manchester United in the previous round but Bayern, who sealed their sixth consecutive Bundesliga title at the weekend, proved a bridge too far.

A 2-1 defeat at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan last week could not be turned around as Sevilla played out a 0-0 draw in Bavaria, where Joaquin Correa hit the crossbar before being sent off for a lunge on Javi Martinez in stoppage time.

"We're a bit upset," said left-back Escudero, as quoted by UEFA.com. "We came here, went for it, believed in the fightback but it wasn't to be.

"In the first half we had chances, maybe we could have scored and changed the tie. We go home upset.

"We played two good games against a top rival. We are all finished, physically, but we are a great team, we worked for each other all night. All for one.

"What we need to cling on to is the tremendous amount of work we did."

Europa League qualification remains as a path back into Europe for Sevilla next season as they lie seventh in La Liga with seven games of the season remaining, beginning with Saturday's home match against Villarreal – opponents who lie a point and a place above them.

Dom Farrell

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Dom is the senior content producer for Sporting News UK. He previously worked as fan brands editor for Manchester City at Reach Plc. Prior to that, he built more than a decade of experience in the sports journalism industry, primarily for the Stats Perform and Press Association news agencies. Dom has covered major football events on location, including the entirety of Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup in Paris and St Petersburg respectively, along with numerous high-profile Premier League, Champions League and England international matches. Cricket and boxing are his other major sporting passions and he has covered the likes of Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury, Wladimir Klitschko, Gennadiy Golovkin and Vasyl Lomachenko live from ringside.