Thomas Muller: Bayern 'keep making mistakes' but shouldn't be ashamed

Thomas Muller said Bayern Munich have nothing to be ashamed about after crashing out of the Champions League semifinals to Real Madrid on Tuesday, but admitted introspection will be needed to learn why they continue to come up just short.

A 2-2 draw in the second leg meant Bayern were one goal shy of reaching the final as Madrid went through 4-3 on aggregate.

Goalkeeper Sven Ulreich's howler early in the second half allowed Karim Benzema to score Madrid's decisive goal, after another defensive miscue also allowed the Spanish side to score in the first leg, leaving Muller to lament the errors.

"We played better than in Munich but we gave them a goal again," he told German broadcaster Zdf. "And you can't afford to do that over the two games.

"It was a crazy game and we invested everything into it. But in the end we were a little unlucky. Their goalkeeper Navas had a great game.

"Luck and misfortune are closely intertwined. This hurts a great deal, but we shouldn't be ashamed."

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Bayern lifted the trophy in 2013 but have now fallen in the semifinals in four of the last five seasons, and Muller questioned his side's inability to pass that hurdle.

"A lot more was possible," Muller said after Bayern outshot their hosts 21-9 in the second leg. "We had a super chance to progress but we missed out again.

"We have so much quality in our squad, but we have to ask ourselves why we have missed out a lot, why we keep making these mistakes in the semifinals."

Defender Mats Hummels said Bayern failed to take advantage of a Madrid side who were not at their best, but hailed his teammate's efforts for coming close despite the squad dealing with a number of injuries.

"Over the two games we gave them two gifts as goals. Real didn't play at their maximum at all," Hummels said. "This hurts a lot, we had loads of chances in their area. We did manage to score twice but this was one or two less than we merited on the chances we created.

"We were the more dangerous side but they made less grave mistakes. But we made a game of it without Arjen Robben, Kingsley Coman, Manuel Neuer; Jerome Boateng and Arturo Vidal."