James: Ulreich shouldn't be blamed for Champions League exit

The Colombian has defended the keeper, while Thomas Muller has called for the Bavarians to learn lessons from another semi-final failure

James Rodriguez has said that Sven Ulreich should not be blamed for Bayern Munich's Champions League semi-final defeat to Real Madrid following his costly error.

Bayern played out an entertaining 2-2 draw away to two-time reigning champions Madrid, who reached the final 4-3 on aggregate – a result highlighted by Ulreich's goalkeeping howler.

Ulreich gifted Karim Benzema – who cancelled out Joshua Kimmich's early opener within eight minutes – his second goal of the night after misjudging a back-pass from Corentin Tolisso just 21 seconds into the second half at…