BERLIN (AP) – The end for Carlo Ancelotti at Bayern Munich seemed to come suddenly on Thursday, but his tenure was under threat even before the side’s heaviest defeat in the Champions League group stage.
Bayern’s 3-0 loss at Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday was just the latest blow for Ancelotti, whose side gave away a two-goal lead to draw with Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga last Friday, coming after a third-round loss to Hoffenheim.
“Our team’s performances did not meet our expectations from the start of the season. The game in Paris clearly showed that we had to draw consequences,” club chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said after sacking Ancelotti on Thursday.
Ancelotti’s backroom staff was also dismissed, while assistant coach and former Bayern defender Willy Sagnol was appointed interim coach “until further notice.”
Rummenigge had already promised “consequences” after what he called a “very bitter defeat” the night before, when Ancelotti’s side was carved open again and again by PSG’s attacking trio of Edinson Cavani, Kylian Mbappe, and Neymar.