Thomas Tuchel’s decision to take Harry Kane off in Bayern Munich’s defeat to Real Madrid has been slammed by Owen Hargreaves and labelled ‘arrogant’ by Paul Scholes.
With the Champions League semi-final level at 2-2 after the first leg, Bayern were on course to cause an upset in Madrid when Alphonso Davies scored the opener on Wednesday night in the 68th minute.
The Germans were still in front on 85 minutes when Tuchel substituted the England captain, bringing on Eric Choupo-Moting in his place.
Everything went horribly wrong for Bayern from there, with Real Madrid substitute Joselu scoring twice in the dying minutes to send his team to the Champions League final where they will take on Borussia Dortmund.
Former Bayern midfielder Hargreaves was baffled by the decision to remove Kane when Bayern could easily have needed to score in the coming minutes, which is exactly what happened.
‘I tell you what was unexpected, Harry Kanegoing off the pitch,’ Hargreaves said on TNT Sports. ‘That’s one of …