France, April 14 -- Paris Saint-Germain coach Mauricio Pochettino on Wednesday rejected the favourites tag slapped on his star-studded squad after eliminating holders Bayern Munich from the Champions League.

PSG, holding a 3-2 advantage from the first leg in Munich, lost the return match on Tuesday night at the Parc des Princes 1-0.

But with the aggregate score 3-3, they advanced to the semis for the second consecutive year because they scored more goals in the away match.

"I don't think we can be classed as favourites," said Pochettino who took over as PSG boss from Thomas Tuchel in January.

"We eliminated Barcelona in the last 16 in two matches. And now, in two matches we've eliminated Bayern Munich.

"I think we deserved both the w...