22 Apr 2015

Guardiola feeling the love

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Robert Lewandowski (AFP)

Munich - Pep Guardiola admitted feeling the love for his Bayern Munich players after their 'miraculous' 6-1 romp against ten-man Porto on Tuesday put them in the Champions League semi-finals.

Having needed to overturn a two-goal deficit after last Wednesday's shock 3-1 first-leg defeat at Porto, Bayern produced a devastating first-half display to claim five goals to win the quarter-final tie 7-4 on aggregate.

Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told reporters: "We have seen something miraculous" after Bayern became the first side to score five goals in the opening 45 minutes of a Champions League's knock-out game.

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