Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal says Fiorentina have the right to feel cheated after they were bundled out of the Champions League last night.

The Germans lost 3-2 on the night, but qualified on the away goals rule, 4-4 on aggregate.

“I understand it is very difficult for the Viola to accept being knocked out this way and that the decisive goal was the one in the first leg that was offside,” confessed Van Gaal.

It had been 1-1 in Munich until Miroslav Klose scored at the final minute when several yards offside.

“Tonight I saw a game with many individual errors and it became a difficult encounter. It wasn’t easy for us, but we played the ball to feet and this saved us in the second half.

“We scored two wonderful goals and are very happy to be through. In the final 10 minutes we could’ve even taken advantage of the extra space to equalise.

“We always tried to play our football and that was our saving grace. It’s a shame at the end that Fiorentina scored more goals than we did.”