"We didn't create a single chance.
"Because we scored the first goal we thought we could hold back but Liverpool were better, faster and stronger than us and with the pressure we were under we could not hold out," was his frank assessment.
Bayer Leverkusen maintained their 100 percent home record in this season's Champions League defeating Dynamo Kiev 3-0 to book their place in the last 16.
Locked 0-0 at half-time Bayer were set to exit the competition but the 2002 finalists -- beaten by Real in that final -- raised their game after the interval with Brazilian Juan heading them in front in the 51st minute.
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