Ferdinand and Hargreaves tear into 'UGLY' Bayern Munich after 1-0 Lazio loss

Owen Hargreaves and Rio Ferdinand tore into Bayern Munich as they lost 1-0 to Lazio in the first leg of the round of 16 Champions League clash on Wednesday evening.

Thomas Tuchel's side were keen for an immediate bounce back after defeat to Bayer Leverkusen left them five points adrift of the top spot in the Bundesliga on Saturday night.

But the visitors struggled to break past the hosts at the Stadio Olimpico, and were unable to reduce the deficit after Dayot Upamecano's foul on Gustav Isaksen handed Lazio a penalty - and the defender a red card - which was coolly struck by Ciro Immobile.

The Bundesliga champions will hope for a stronger showing next month at the Allianz Arena in a bid to progress to the quarter-finals with silverware on the line.

But the TNT Sports pundits were pessimistic about Bayern's chances of comeback, should they play as they did in Rome.

'Bayern are playing ugly football. It is ugly,' Ferdinand said after the final whistle. 'I wouldn't bet against Lazio going there and stifling them again.

'Bayern have a lack of confidence, they are in a rut and I don't see how they are going to get out of it before the second leg.

'If they don't have good results in the league before then I don't know how they turn it around. Too many big names are out of shape, out of form, out of confidence and things are just not quite clicking for Bayern.'

Before hosting the Serie A side in Bavaria, Tuchel's team have three Bundesliga ties to play against VfL Bochum, RB Leipzig, and Freiburg, and the former Manchester United cited the break between ties as a sole positive.

The best news for them, apart from the fact that the tie stands only at 1-0, is that the return game is in three weeks,' he continued. 'This will give them