FC Bayern wants to expand its perfect season record in the Champions League in the quarterfinals at Manchester City.
“We kept seven clean sheets and had eight wins. Now we’re playing against the next very strong opponent, hopefully we can continue that,” said defender Matthijs de Ligt before the quarter-final first leg at Manchester City on Tuesday (9:00 p.m.). .
Kingsley Coman described the record champions’ impressive series on the club’s website as “madness”. In the course of the season so far, the Munich team have only conceded two goals in eight Champions League games in the 4-2 group stage in Pilsen, and there was also a zero against the star ensemble from Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16. The goal record is 21:2.
In the duel with City’s top scorer Erling Haaland, the decisive thing is “that we do everything together. We also defended together against PSG, against Mbappe, Messi and Neymar. It’s difficult to always win one-on-one against such players . But if you play intelligently with each other, everything is possible,” emphasized de Ligt.
FC Bayern needs “top performance”
The former Dortmund player is “one of the best strikers in the world, he’s in very good shape. Manchester have an incredible team overall. These players only need a moment,” de Ligt warned: “We have to do a top performance to stop Haaland . But we are very motivated.”
Even offensive player Coman sees the key against the team of Bayern’s ex-coach Pep Guardiola in “that we defend with a lot of energy. We have to be very motivated to play as FC Bayern: with confidence, will, just give everything.” The second leg will take place on April 19 in Munich.