Thomas Tuchel furious with officials for 'against the rules' offside call

An incredulous Thomas Tuchel lashed out at the decision to rule out Matthijs de Ligt's late strike in Wednesday's defeat to Real Madrid, describing the offside call as «disastrous».

Bayern Munich had conceded two late goals to Madrid substitute Joselu and were on the cusp of elimination when, in the 13th minute of stoppage time, an early offside flag and referee whistle saw Madrid's defence slow down and allow De Ligt to fire into the back of the net.

Replays of the offside call were incredibly tight — some claim to have evidence that the wrong decision was made — and Tuchel was left livid by the choice to immediately stop the game, rather than follow the normal procedure and allow the game to play out before using a VAR review.

«That was an absolute disaster,» he told . «A violation of the rules. This scene must be played out to the end. That's the rule.

»The linesman made the mistake, and the referee made the second mistake. We were almost there and a very unusual mistake of the best player for the equaliser, then we conceded in a very narrow decision in stoppage time. Then we scored one and it was a disastrous decision from the linesman and the referee, so it feels almost like a betrayal in the end because of that decision.

«The linesman said sorry. That does not help at that kind of level, to raise the flag in a decision like this, in a close decision in the last minute. The referee as well, he does not have to whistle, he sees that we win the second ball, he sees that we get the shot away. To whistle is a very, very bad decision. It is against the rules and it is a bad decision from both of them. It is a disaster, tough to swallow, but it is the way it is.»

De Ligt went on to reveal his own conversation with the