Thomas Tuchel insists Bayern 'need a team effort to stop Haaland'
Thomas Tuchel admits to having sleepless nights ahead of Bayern Munich’s Champions League quarter-final with City… and insists his side ‘need a team effort to stop Haaland after laughing off idea of not marking him’
- Bayern Munich will face Manchester City in Tuesday’s quarter-final first leg
- Thomas Tuchel has said that Bayern Munich must work together to stop Haaland
- Tuchel also admitted to having sleepless nights ahead of the game on Tuesday
Bayern Munich manager Thomas Tuchel says he’s been having sleepless nights ahead of his side’s Champions League clash with Manchester City on Tuesday evening.
Manchester City host Bayern Munich in Tuesday’s quarter-final first leg on the back of eight consecutive victories and with the Premier League title race now in their hands.
Tuchel last beat Pep Guardiola’s side when Chelsea emerged victorious in the 2021 Champions League final to secure his first of three trophies during his tenure at Stamford Bridge.
However, City went on to beat Chelsea twice in the Premier League before Tuchel was given his marching orders in September 2022 – just 100 days into ruthless Todd Boehly’s ownership.
Therefore, Tuchel joked about having sleepless nights before Bayern Munich’s quarter-final first leg against the Premier League giants.
Bayern Munich manager Thomas Tuchel says he’s been having sleepless nights ahead of his side’s Champions League clash with Manchester City on Tuesday evening
Tuchel last beat Pep Guardiola’s side when Chelsea emerged victorious in the 2021 Champions League final to secure his first of three trophies during his tenure at Stamford Bridge
However, City went on to beat Chelsea twice in the Premier League before Tuchel was given his marching orders in September 2022 – just 100 days into ruthless Todd Boehly’s ownership
He said: ‘I will try to go to bed early. I hope I will be able to sleep. The best preparation is sleep but sometimes it is hard to get that sleep when you’re thinking about things.
‘This morning I woke up really early and I just decided to go to the training ground because I couldn’t get back to sleep. I just kept thinking about the match.’
Tuchel also said that Bayern Munich must work together as a team to control Manchester City striker Erling Haaland during their Champions League clash on Tuesday.
Tuchel has said his team will have to mark the Norwegian striker closely given his impressive goalscoring record for the Premier League giants – having netted 44 times so far this season.
On whether Manchester City’s style has changed since the arrival of Haaland, Tuchel said no. However, express his concerns over the striker.
Tuchel said: ‘Not so much [about City’s style]. The style is still the same [as before he arrived] and the patterns of play are the same.
Tuchel has said his team will have to work together to contain Haaland given his impressive goalscoring record for the Premier League giants – having netted 44 times so far this season
Haaland has leapt to the top of the tournament’s goal scoring charts with 10 goals to his name
‘Of course, the style of Erling Haaland is very unique and they have adapted to fit him in. He offers them something they haven’t had in recent years.
‘We have to do it as a team. Tomorrow, we will have the role of the underdog and that is okay. We have to stay confident and stay on top of our game.’
The Norwegian has leapt to the top of the tournament’s goal scoring charts with 10 goals to his name.
He will be looking to add to his tally when Manchester City host the German giants on Tuesday evening.
Tuchel went on to discuss the game as a whole. He said: ‘I am sure that there will be moments where we will suffer. But we also want moments where we can play against them and hurt them. We have the quality and talent in the squad.’
The German manager went on to add: ‘For tomorrow we will analyse the City games of the last few weeks. I was active in the league here as a manager myself.
He will be looking to add to his tally when Manchester City host the German giants on Tuesday
‘We think that we have a good understanding of what we can expect. We want to prevent them from getting too dominant.’
The two teams will head into Tuesday’s game with three wins apiece. City won the most recent meeting, back in 2014-15, to draw level in the match-up as both sides have three victories to their name.
The fixture on Tuesday will also represent a reunion for Pep Guardiola at the club where he famously failed to win the competition, but had widespread success in all other competitions in his three-year stay in Bavaria.
City will face two German sides in successive rounds of the competition, after defeating RB Leipzig in the previous round.
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