FC Internazionale Milano coach Leonardo thanked God "for letting me experience this feeling tonight" after the UEFA Champions League holders' dramatic resurrection at FC Bayern München.

According to the UEFA website, the defense of a title they won against the German side last May looked over with Bayern leading 3-1 on aggregate at half-time in Bavaria. Yet Wesley Sneijder pulled one back, paving the way for Goran Pandev's 88th-minute winner, leaving home coach Louis van Gaal ruing his side "wanting too much".

”We wanted too much, which is a pity. It's not the first time this has happened: four or five times already this season we have given away a match we should have won and today it happened again. We could have settled matters earlier. Instead Inter are still standing, still have a chance – even if they hardly created any tonight, they did convert them. That's always a possibility in football,” said Louis van Gaal, Bayern coach.

Inter coach Leonardo commented: It is very difficult to explain this game – we won, that's all that matters. I don't want to go into technical details now; I prefer to focus on my players' heart. We planned the game very well, scored immediately and played well until the game turned in Bayern's favour. They scored the second and could have had more but we finally managed to reorganize and played a great second half.”