Blame it on Kahn!

German international goalkeeper Oliver Kahn bore the brunt of the criticism following Bayern Munich's 1-0 Champions League Group C defeat by Juventus on Wednesday.

Captain Kahn, 35, spilled a shot from Swede Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the final minute of the match and Alessandro Del Piero was on hand to tap in and break Bayern's hearts.

"What a dreadful error from Kahn," headlined the Bild daily.

"Bayern are starting to wobble and still have work to do to reach the next stage.

"Ibrahimovic made (Owen) Hargreaves and (Torsten) Frings look like fools and then Kahn spilled his shot - what an error."

Ibrahimovic produced a fantastic turn to leave the duo for dead on the edge of the penalty area before forcing Kahn to parry his shot into the path of Del Piero.

"Kahn had virtually nothing to do all game and then he made a mistake for the goal," said manager Felix Magath. "The shot was well struck but even Jens Lehmann makes mistakes like that.

"But I cannot accept two of our players failing to contain one opponent - that is not good enough."

Kahn and Arsenal goalkeeper Lehmann have been in a fierce battle for the German number one jersey since Jurgen Klinsmann was named national coach.

Vice-president Karl-Heinz Rummenigge refused to single out Kahn but admitted the goalkeeper was partly at fault for the late winner.

"That was a bad mistake," Rummenigge said. "A few people did not look good including Oliver Kahn."

WBut the Munchner Merkur newspaper offered a vote of sympathy for Bayern.

"Bayern played courageously for 89 miunutes but then came undone by the trickery of Ibrahimovic," the daily said.

Bayern missed a string of chances with Dutch international Roy Makaay and Claudio Pizarro the main culprits.

"We had so many chances but did not take them," confessed Magath. "Juve showed how clinical they are with the late goal."

Juventus progressed as group winners with the three points in Munich while Bayern know their fate is in their own hands with a victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv on November 23 enough to see them secure second spot.