Dortmund's Nuri Sahin puts bus attack into real perspective with this interview

"The decision to play the match today at 18.45 (local time) was made last night at BVB stadium in cooperation and complete agreement with clubs and authorities", UEFA communications director Pedro Pinto told The Associated Press.

"I felt how lucky we were".

But do that the Borussia Dortmund players did, with the Westfalenstadion crowd making some extra noise for their players and watching on as their stars, not mentally ready to play as big a match as a Champions League quarterfinal, went through the motions. It was close but also very far from us.

"I know football is very important, we love football, we suffer with football and I know we earn a lot of money and have a privileged life but we are human beings, there is so much more than football in this world, last night we felt it".

Sahin, a second-half substitute, gave an emotional interview after the game, insisting he does not wish anybody to have a feeling like he did on Tuesday evening.

"We were not attacked on the field by an opponent; we were attacked from inside the bus as men", Tuchel said in a post-match broadcast interview with former Norway worldwide Jan Aage Fjortoft. "The game is over and it's done, it was a football game".

The German club said Bartra had an operation on Tuesday after breaking the radial bone in his arm and getting bits of debris lodged in his hand.

Far from capitulating against one of Europe's high-scoring sides, for whom Kylian Mbappe scored twice, Dortmund fought back to deny Monaco a commanding lead to take into the second leg.

Helped by the introduction of the 18-year-old Christian Pulisic, after the break the home side were brighter - and consequently so too were the home fans - and they halved the deficit when Dembele finished a wonderful team goal.

Dortmund responded within five minutes, with Sahin whipping the ball into the penalty area and Kagawa turning Jemerson before slotting into the net.