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Thomas Muller's pre-match press conference!

 

Thomas Müller on Sadio Mane joking with him about Lewandowski

"Sadio has been jokingly telling me for the last 10 days to be careful not to accidentally pass the ball to Lewy. We have to play our game tomorrow and not focus too much on Lewy."

 

Müller on how Bayern's tactics

 "We want to prevail in the duels and we want to be active when we lose the ball. The game will be open. In the Bundesliga we recently played against opponents who defended well. I think tomorrow it will be a game that neutral fans will like."

 

Müller on playing without Lewandowski

 

"Our connection on the pitch developed over the years. But now we have a lot of flexible players up front and we don't have that one target man. The opponents don't know who the target is in attack, but we have to make it work."

 

Müller on the lineup for the match

"Of course you always exchange ideas with the coach. But the coach is the expert for load management, tactics and the line-up. He doesn't need any tips for that from us. We talk, but that's normal. The coach is the boss and has the final say, that's good."

 

Muller on being more motivated for Champions League matches than Bundesliga

Müller: "There are games that attract more attention, like CL games in San Siro or against Barcelona. That's an extra motivation. The attackers might run the extra yard that they might not do in the Bundesliga. It's sometimes like that."

Muller on contact with Lewandowski

Müller: "I have a good relationship with Lewy, especially on the pitch. Apart from golf, we haven't done much privately. We had contact via WhatsApp after his move. Of course things got hot after the draw. Footballers are no different than other people"


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