Pep Guardiola snapped at suggestions a lack of fitness caused Bayern Munich to wilt against Juventus, claiming: "I don't give a f*** for the physical condition."
Bayern produced a masterful away performance for the first hour in Turin on Tuesday, easing into a 2-0 lead courtesy of Thomas Muller and Arjen Robben.
It appeared at that point next month's second leg of the Champions League round-of-16 tie at the Allianz Arena was going to be little more than a formality, but Juve battled back to draw 2-2 thanks to goals from Paulo Dybala and Stefano Sturaro.
"I know that in Italy you are all about physical condition, but I don't give a f*** about the physical condition. It's the mental condition that I care about."
"I didn't expect to come here and … Juve not to shoot on target, or that we would play 90 fantastic minutes.
"They have players like [Mario] Mandzukic, [Paul] Pogba and [Leonardo] Bonucci, one of my all-time favourite players. And we showed character.
"We could have won the game. We have a team with many youngsters. We will learn from this. Don't forget it was Juventus.
"We played a great team, the finalists in the Champions League last year. We did not play a team from the provinces. They have won four titles in Italy. Last year, they went further than us.
"I am very happy with how I did. It is probably the evening that I am the most pleased as coach in my career."
