Thomas Muller

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Serge Gnabry were on target as Bayern beat PSG 2-0 on night (3-0 on aggregate) to book their spot in the next round of the ...

We defended better in the second half and were dangerous on the ball. "At club level, Cristiano Ronaldo was our problem when he was at Real Madrid. It’s difficult to get a really good team balance." "In the first half, we didn’t do what we had spoken about before very well," he told reporters. It’s not so easy to play at a team like PSG. "Against Messi, things always go well at all levels in terms of results," he said after the result.

Thomas Müller did not hold back when talking about Messi after PSG's exit from the Champions League.

Müller himself was the man of the tie in Munich, and was named MVP. Much was expected of him after leading [Argentina to the World Cup](https://en.as.com/soccer/argentina-vs-france-in-world-cup-final-live-online-latest-news-and-updates-today-n-3/) in Qatar. the king was Müller. Of course, the striker did not hesitate to show respect to Messi, saying that he has “the greatest respect for Messi’s performance in the World Cup”. The German was not shy when asked about handling Messi and his side, even boasting that he always does well against the Argentinian. Specifically, after the game, Thomas Muller was the man with the biggest grin of them all.

Lionel Messi was dumped out of the Champions League by Bayern Munich once again on Wednesday and Thomas Muller didn't miss the opportunity to mock the PSG ...

We did well in the tackle. "We came out of our shells in the second half," the 33-year-old explained. "That made for a better game and we deserved to win. "We gave it a good go in the first half and felt we could hang with the opposition, but we didn't take our chances. We were the better team defensively. "We didn't manage to score with the chances we had," the PSG manager said. Muller personally has come out on top against the PSG superstar in all but one of their nine meetings for club and country, most memorably the 2014 [World Cup](https://www.irishmirror.ie/all-about/world-cup-2022?service=responsive) final. [Real Madrid](https://www.irishmirror.ie/all-about/real-madrid-cf) 's eight Champions League clashes with Bayern by scoring an incredible nine goals, all coming in the knockout stage and most of them being semi-final ties. [Argentina](https://www.irishmirror.ie/all-about/argentina-football-team) to a long-awaited World Cup triumph in December. Give us your prediction in the It's difficult to get a really good team balance." It's not so easy to play at a team like PSG.

Thomas Muller has aimed a Champions League dig at Lionel Messi, saying things “always go well” for Bayern Munich against the Argentine icon.

Messi was unable to make a decisive contribution during a must-win second leg outing for PSG at the Allianz Arena, as Bayern eased to a 2-0 win, and has now suffered five knockout stage defeats against the German giants – including [a famous 8-2 mauling when on the books at Barcelona](https://www.goal.com/en/news/sometimes-it-is-good-to-hit-rock-bottom---barcelonas-8-2-bayern-humiliation-was-a-long-time-coming-says-setiens-no-2/zf6ja51hlwcm1cys16ctmqkt4) in 2020. Messi’s individual performance at the World Cup was amazing. It’s not so easy to play at a team like PSG.

Leading 1-0 from the first leg in Paris, Bayern made light work of Christophe Galtier's side at the Allianz Arena, wrapping up a deserved 2-0 win thanks to ...

Five years out of seven, they've gone out in the last-16." [Bayern](https://www.givemesport.com/tag/bayern-munich/) secured their place in the quarter-finals thanks to a comfortable 3-0 aggregate victory over the Ligue 1 outfit. Against Ronaldo, not that good.” Kicker journalist Georg Holzner - per Fabrizio Romano - quoted Muller as saying: “Against Messi, things always go well at all levels in terms of results. Against Messi, I have good statistics. What did Muller previously say about Messi and Ronaldo?

Thomas Muller claims Cristiano Ronaldo has posed more of a threat to Bayern Munich than Lionel Messi following Paris Saint-Germain's elimination from the ...

The game would definitely have been different had we scored first.’ ‘We had a really good spell when we created chances. [check our sport page](https://metro.co.uk/sport/). He carried the whole squad. Messi’s individual performance at the World Cup was amazing. [Cristiano Ronaldo](https://metro.co.uk/tag/cristiano-ronaldo/?ico=auto_link_sport_P6_LNK1) was our problem when he was at [Real Madrid](https://metro.co.uk/tag/real-madrid/?ico=auto_link_sport_P6_LNK2).

'Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi' will go down as football's eternally unanswerable question. The two legends have defined an era of the sport and are ...

However, the report adds that there is a chance that the striker could resume training tomorrow and be available for selection against Espanyol on Saturday. His emphasis that he only struggled against Ronaldo at the club level goes to speak volumes about how Real Madrid as a team have dominated the German champions time and time again. It is just that the club do not want to take any risks with him ahead of such an important game. But he is unlikely to be ready for this weekend’s game, which holds true for Alaba as well. There is a clear element of truth in Muller’s statements for Bayern Munich have recorded some of their most dominant wins in the UCL against Barcelona with Messi. However, there is a strong case to argue that Ronaldo at Real Madrid was far more decisive in Europe than Messi ever was.