Thomas Tuchel makes honest Manchester United admission after Bayern Munich Champions League win

Bayern Munich head coach Thomas Tuchel said that his side were "lucky" not to have fallen behind following their pulsating 4-3 win over Manchester United at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday night.

Goals from Leroy Sane, Serge Gnabry, Harry Kane and Mathys Tel sealed a winning start to the German side's UEFA Champions League group stage campaign. They found themselves 2-0 up at half-time but saw their advantage halved shortly after half-time when Rasmus Hojlund notched his first goal in United colours.

Kane restored Bayern's two-goal cushion just four minutes later, converting from 12 yards after Christian Eriksen was deemed guilty of handling the ball inside the penalty area. Casemiro then scored twice late on, finding the net either side of Tel's 92nd-minute strike, to set up a frantic finale.

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Though United conceded three goals or more for the third game running, something they had not previously done since December 1978, they did start the game the brighter and ought to have taken an early lead through Facundo Pellistri. The Uruguayan almost connected with Eriksen's low cross before the latter saw an effort kept out by goalkeeper Sven Ulreich.

And it was that positive start that Tuchel, who served a touchline ban for the game, was referring to when he admitted his side got away with one in the opening exchanges.

Tuchel told DAZN: "It was a bit paradoxical because our second half was better than our first, but we lost the second and won the first. Tonight's result was big for our confidence and development, but there are still things to work on.

"We're posing a threat in every game, creating