Bayern Munich star Jerome Boateng has lifted the lid on Carlo Ancelotti's team selection for what turned out to be the manager's last match in charge, a Champions League thrashing in Paris.

Bayern were hammered 3-0 at the end of September as Dani Alves, Edinson Cavani and Neymar netted for Paris Saint-Germain after Ancelotti dropped five stars from his starting line-up, including Boateng.

Boateng revealed how he, Arjen Robben, Mat Hummels, Franck Ribery and Kingsley Coman discovered they would not start against PSG.

"That was very strange," Boateng told Munich newspaper, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung.

"We sat in the meeting room and five of us were told an hour and a half before the game that we would not play - suddenly and without explanation.

"The players in question were shocked, you can say that much."

Ancelotti was fired the day after the defeat.

Boateng also indirectly confirmed reports that training under Ancelotti was not demanding enough.

Robben has reportedly complained to reporters that his young son had harder sessions with his youth team.

"The training was certainly different to what we already knew," said Boateng.