Pep Guardiola has hit back at comments from Sebastian Kehl after the Borussia Dortmund player said that Bayern Munich should practice penalties.
Kehl’s comments came in the wake of Dortmund’s German Cup semi-final victory over Bayern. The game ended 1-1 after extra time but the Bundesliga champions crashed out after missing all four of their penalties.
“If Bayern can’t take penalties,” said Kehl, “they have to practice them. I think that it’s crazy Bayern now try to put the blame on the referee. They’ve done it quite often when getting defeated by us.”
Kehl was responding to a remark from the Bayern Munich CEO, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, who complained about the standard of refereeing, saying: “we played against 12 men today”.
The normally cool Guardiola was angered by what Kehl had to say and responded with what he called “some advice” for him. He said: “when you’re trailing by more than 35 points [in the Bundesliga], you should ...”. At that point, the former Barcelona manager put his finger to his lips, before adding. “Now we have time to practise since we’re already champions.”
Bayern Munich won their third straight league title after Wolfsburg lost at Borussia Mönchengladbach on Sunday. That defeat left the champions with a 15-point lead with four games left.
