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The league leaders suffered a 2-1 home loss to
Freiburg on Tuesday to crash out of the German Cup in the last
eight, with the visitors grabbing the winner with a second-half
stoppage time penalty.
Tuchel's arrival, following the surprise sacking of Julian
Nagelsmann, was supposed to kickstart their season after a rocky
start to the year saw their lead at the top evaporate.
He enjoyed a dream debut on the bench last week with a 4-2
victory over former club and title rivals Borussia Dortmund but
was brought down to earth quickly with Tuesday's Cup exit.
"We are lacking the final pass, a bit of precision," Tuchel told
a news conference. "We are lacking a bit of lightness, a bit of
confidence and thus a bit of creativity."
"Overall we are lacking form. We should not make the mistake of
analysing just tactics. We should become more resistant, develop
some bite as a team," he said.
"We recognise we are not in top form but are on our way there."
With two titles left to play for and a Champions League
quarter-final first leg at Manchester City on Tuesday, Tuchel
has no time for major fixes.
"We need to show a reaction (on Saturday). We would need to show
one even if we had won. We need to keep pushing, pushing,
pushing because it is a tight race in the league and on Tuesday
we have the next knockout match (against City)."
Against Freiburg, Tuchel will be without forward Eric Maxim
Choupo-Moting, whose knee injury flared up again. The Cameroon
international is also doubtful for the game against City, Tuchel
said.
"It will be tight because he will not go to Freiburg today with
us and then it will be tight (for the City game). We have to
wait," he said.
Bayern, chasing an 11th straight league title, are two points
clear of second-placed Dortmund at the top of the Bundesliga
with eight matches remaining.
(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann; Editing by Toby Davis)
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