We matched our experienced opponents for long spells of the game on their own turf, particularly at the start of each half, when it was a tough contest, which we even edged at times.

However, the key moments went in the home side's favour, with the ball bouncing off Trevoh Chalobah’s shins for Bayern Munich’s first goal, before Harry Kane extended their lead from the penalty spot.

Cole Palmer pulled one back with an excellent strike, but the solitary goal of the second half went against us, and we were unable to recover from two down despite Palmer being denied another by VAR late on.

‘I think the first 20 minutes we started very good, creating two or three clear chances without conceding anything,’ reflected Maresca after the final whistle in Munich.

‘Then we conceded the goal, and we can avoid that kind of goal, and the dynamic changed a little bit. But even with that we continued to play, we scored a goal.

‘We started the second half much better than the first half, until the goal we conceded. Then again for 10 minutes after the goal we conceded we were not good enough, but at the end we tried again, we scored the second goal, but it didn’t count.

‘In this competition against this team requires you to be fully focused to play like that for 95 minutes. I think we played good but not for the entire game.’

Given the level of challenge we faced in coming away to take on such a tough opponent, that left Maresca pleased with his team’s showing in Germany, after we kept pushing right to the final whistle.

‘Personally, I am happy with the performance, because we know how difficult it was to come here against this team. We knew that it would be a very tough game.

‘Again, in the first 20 minutes we didn’t concede anything, we created two or three clear chances. Then we conceded a goal and it changed the game.

‘Even with that we were in the game until the end. It’s very difficult to come here and control the game for 95 minutes, that is not realistic. Overall I think we competed very well.’