Thomas Muller tears into his Bayern Munich team-mates after they were knocked out of the German Cup by third-tier opponents... and it's NOT even to do with their dire performance

Thomas Muller has blasted his Bayern Munich team-mates for their deficiency of appreciation to their travelling support after a daze 2-1 German Cup conclusion astatine a third-tier Saarbrucken.

German giants Bayern were humbled pinch a last-gasp victor connected Wednesday night.

Marcel Gaus netted nan victor for nan hosts heavy into second-half stoppage clip to complete a sensational comeback and trigger chaotic celebrations from nan location crowd arsenic nan Bayern players looked connected successful complete shock.

Bayern, who past lifted nan trophy successful 2020, had taken a first-half lead done Muller earlier nan hosts levelled successful first-half added clip via Patrick Sontheimer.

At nan full-time whistle, Muller was conscionable 1 of a fistful of players who went complete to nan angry Bayern supporters to speak pinch them - which besides included Joshua Kimmich and Mathys Tel.

And coming distant from that interaction, nan 34-year-old was damning of his team-mates for not each recognising their support.

'Absolutely understandable from nan fans. It's not needfully astir nan crippled aliases nan result.

'What is not imaginable astatine each is that only 3 aliases 4 players understand really to respect nan support.

'They came present I don't cognize really galore 100 kilometers during nan week.

'The astir important point is to understand really to springiness thing back. Of people it doesn't activity that way.'

Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel made respective changes to nan squad that crushed Darmstadt 98 8-0 connected Saturday, leaving apical scorer Harry Kane connected nan chair on pinch Kingsley Coman and Jamal Musiala while giving 20-year-old Frans Kratzig his first start. 

The crippled had been successful uncertainty owed to dense rainfall but it was nan hosts who troubled Bayern much early successful nan lucifer earlier nan visitors opened their relationship pinch their first chance erstwhile Kratzig group up Muller successful nan 15th minute.

Bayern besides had to return defender Matthias de Ligt disconnected midway done nan first half pinch nan Dutch world suffering a knee injury.

It sewage worse earlier nan break for Bayern arsenic defender Kim Min-jae's walk was intercepted and Sontheimer tapped successful from adjacent range.

The Bavarians struggled to person chances and paid nan value erstwhile nan hosts launched a speedy break and a cutback from nan correct sailed crossed nan full container past 3 Bayern players earlier Gaus thundered successful nan victor pinch a debased left-foot thrust successful nan sixth infinitesimal of added time.

'This is simply a sadistic rustle for us,' Muller reflected, pinch his squad adjacent facing title rivals Borussia Dortmund successful nan Bundesliga connected Saturday.

'To beryllium eliminated for nan 3rd clip successful nan 2nd information of nan Cup is not what we strive for. We person to congratulate Saarbrucken for their fight. A spot of luck is besides portion of it.

'Then we are deed connected nan break successful nan 96th infinitesimal but we had wasted excessively galore chances earlier that.'