<a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/erik-ten-hag" target="_blank">Erik ten Hag</a> told his Manchester United players to make sure they get straight back into the <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/champions-league/" target="_blank">Champions League</a> next season after a dismal European campaign ended in an early exit at the hands of Bayern Munich on Tuesday night. Kingsley Coman’s 70th-minute goal, laid on by Harry Kane, gave the Germans a 1-0 win and ensured <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/manchester-united/" target="_blank">United</a> finished bottom of Group A – beaten to second place by FC Copenhagen, operating on a fraction of their budget, and to third and the consolation of Europa League football by Galatasaray. The final whistle was greeted with boos at Old Trafford, where United lost for the seventh time this season – having now lost more games in all competitions, 12, than they have won, 11. Ten Hag’s side are out of Europe, out of the League Cup, and sixth in the Premier League going into Sunday’s visit to leaders Liverpool. Defeat also came at a cost, with both Harry Maguire and Luke Shaw picking up injuries before half time. “There are still many things to play for now, we can focus on the Premier League,” Ten Hag said. “This is the level we want to play, the Champions League, so we have to give every effort to get into the top four so next year we are back in the Champions League – and of course there is the FA Cup so there are still many things to play for.” In a match they needed to win, United mustered only one shot on target, a Shaw effort that never really troubled Manuel Neuer. A much better chance fell to Bruno Fernandes early in the second half but the captain blazed over. <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/bayern-munich/" target="_blank">Bayern</a> boss Thomas Tuchel, who bounced back from Saturday’s 5-1 humbling away to Eintracht Frankfurt, admitted he had expected United to progress from Group A and had sympathy for Ten Hag’s position – pointing to United’s long list of absentees. “I think you could see it’s not an easy time for them. I’m pretty sure he knows what to do next, how to influence his team and he doesn’t need any advice from me,” Tuchel said. “He is experienced enough to go through it.”