Hummels blames Bayern players for Ancelotti’s sack

Mats Hummels knows that substandard displays produced by Bayern Munich’s players cost Carlo Ancelotti his job and says the squad is determined to make up for their recent shortcomings.

Ancelotti led Bayern to the Bundesliga title last season but was dismissed in September after a 3-0 loss to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League.

The Italian has been replaced with the familiar figure of Jupp Heynckes, who has been tempted out of retirement after four years away from the game.

“We have certainly contributed to the fact that Carlo Ancelotti has been sacked after just 15 months,” the Germany international told reporters.

“We had too few convincing performances… we were not able to get the top level constantly over several games, which annoyed us as a team.”