Regardless of already reserving their place within the final 16 of the Champions League, Bayern Munich won’t go straightforward of their last league part recreation towards PSV, Vincent Kompany mentioned.
Bayern journey to Philips Stadion on Wednesday already assured of a top-eight end after beating Union Saint-Gilloise final trip, they usually come into the sport with confidence.
Kompany’s aspect are the joint-highest scorers within the Champions League this time period with 20 objectives and still have a robust report towards their opponents within the competitors.
Certainly, PSV have misplaced extra video games towards Bayern (six) than towards some other opponent of their European competitors historical past. Their loss share can be larger towards the Bundesliga giants (75% – 6/8) than some other opponent they’ve confronted on 5+ events within the European Cup/Champions League.
However regardless of their sturdy report versus PSV, Bayern have solely received considered one of their seven away video games towards Dutch opposition within the Champions League (since 1992-93 – D3 L3) and didn’t hold a clear sheet in all seven journeys.
And although PSV have misplaced their final two Champions League video games, they’ve produced some gorgeous ends in the league part, thumping each Liverpool and Napoli.
“6-2 and 4-1 towards Napoli and Liverpool – these are distinctive outcomes, that are stunning! However you’ll be able to see the group believes in itself,” warned Kompany.
“They’re sturdy up entrance and really fast to counter-attack and get in entrance of purpose. Additionally they have the gamers to attain objectives.”