Bayern fight and scrap to earn an edge vs. Liverpool
Bayern Munich were content with a 0-0 draw at Liverpool but they will have to come out on the front foot in Munich when the second leg rolls around.
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All times ETBayern Munich were content with a 0-0 draw at Liverpool but they will have to come out on the front foot in Munich when the second leg rolls around.
Bayern Munich silenced usually raucous Anfield, but without an away goal, that's not nearly the disaster scenario for Liverpool it appears to be.
"It is not the result or the game we dreamed of," Klopp said, while saying the post-match exchange with Bayern boss Niko Kovac was "not a problem."
Liverpool and Bayern Munich cancelled each other out to draw 0-0 in the first leg of their Champions League round-of-16 clash at Anfield.
James Rodriguez's role at Bayern Munich this season has diminished but Thomas Muller's suspension provides the Colombian a huge opportunity.
A source has told ESPN FC that Roberto Firmino was absent from the session at Melwood due to a virus, while Dejan Lovren has a hamstring problem.
Liverpool host Bayern at Anfield in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 tie, with a trip to Old Trafford awaiting.
Manuel Neuer tells ESPN's Raf Honigstein he expects a raucous atmosphere at Anfield for Bayern Munich's Champions League trip to Liverpool.
Liverpool reached the final of the competition last season, losing to Real Madrid and are battling Manchester City for the Premier League title.
Liverpool, last season's Champions League finalists, meet Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich in the first leg at Anfield on Tuesday.
Robben has some unhappy memories of Anfield, having suffered elimination from the Champions League twice with Chelsea and also with Real Madrid.
France international Coman scored as Bayern won 3-2 but turned his left ankle, on which he had previously had surgery, in the closing moments.
Champions Bayern Munich twice needed to come from a goal down to beat hosts Augsburg 3-2 on Friday courtesy of Kingsley Coman's two goals.
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Manuel Neuer missed Bayern Munich's last two matches with an injury to his right thumb and only used his feet in a recent open training session.
"I believe he is creating a campaign against [Lewandowski] because I don't think he can really watch the games," Salihamidzic said of Hamann.
Neuer, 32, suffered a hand injury in the buildup to the Bundesliga match at Bayer Leverkusen earlier this month.
TEAM | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Borussia Dortmund | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | +31 | 51 |
Bayern Munich | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | +24 | 48 |
Borussia Monchengladbach | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | +20 | 43 |
RB Leipzig | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | +22 | 41 |
Bayer Leverkusen | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | +7 | 36 |
VfL Wolfsburg | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | +5 | 35 |
Eintracht Frankfurt | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | +13 | 34 |
TSG Hoffenheim | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | +12 | 33 |
Hertha Berlin | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | +3 | 32 |
Werder Bremen | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | +4 | 31 |
Mainz | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | -13 | 27 |
Fortuna Düsseldorf | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | -16 | 25 |
SC Freiburg | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | -8 | 24 |
Schalke 04 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 23 |
FC Augsburg | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 18 |
VfB Stuttgart | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | -32 | 15 |
Hannover 96 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -27 | 14 |
Nurnberg | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -29 | 13 |