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Heidenheim Vs Bayern: Tuchel Tells Bavarians Not To 바카라˜Mope바카라™ Ahead Of Arsenal Trip

Leaders Bayer Leverkusen are 13 points clear of second-placed Bayern Munich with just seven games remaining in the Bundesliga, but the UEFA Champions League quarter-final clash with Arsenal represents an opportunity to rescue the campaign

Bayern Munich face promoted Heidenheim in the Bundesliga with Thomas Tuchel having already admitted that their hopes of securing a 12th Bundesliga title are over. Photo: Richard Sellers/PA
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Bayern Munich boss Thomas Tuchel has ordered his players not to 바카라œmope바카라 as they attempt to finish a difficult season with a Champions League final trip to Wembley. (More Football News)

The reigning Bundesliga champions head for promoted Heidenheim on Saturday with Tuchel having admitted after last weekend바카라™s 2-0 home defeat by Borussia Dortmund that their hopes of securing a 12th successive league title are over.

Leaders Bayer Leverkusen are 13 points clear of second-placed Bayern with just seven games remaining, but Tuesday바카라™s Champions League quarter-final clash with Arsenal represents an opportunity to rescue the campaign.

Tuchel told a press conference: 바카라œWe want competition and the opportunity to make things happen tactically. You need alternatives for that. I바카라™m really unhappy with the way we played against Dortmund.

바카라œThere바카라™s no reason to hide away and mope. We바카라™ll carry on, we tried to push the team again. We바카라™ll carry on to the end with our heads held high.

바카라œAs unsatisfactory as the season has been, we still have one goal, which is to get to Wembley. We have to give it our all every day.

바카라œWe can바카라™t let our conviction and ambition drop even one per cent. We바카라™re unhappy with the situation, but we바카라™ll do everything we can to squeeze the maximum out of it.바카라

Heidenheim, who lost 4-2 in the reverse fixture in November having fought back from Harry Kane바카라™s first-half double to level at 2-2, will host Bayern in the Bundesliga for the first time, and Tuchel knows that will present its own challenges.

He said: 바카라œWe need to show a reaction, do the basics again. That바카라™s how we put the Dortmund performance behind us.

바카라œWe바카라™ll see a classic David v Goliath game tomorrow, an emotional stadium that supports the home team. Of course, there바카라™s a game after this that we바카라™re looking at.

바카라œIf we want to achieve our Champions League dream, we have to deliver top performances every day, tighten up every day. We바카라™re not going to let anyone off the hook.바카라

Bayern will be without the injured Manuel Neuer, Leroy Sane, Kingsley Coman, Noussair Mazraoui and Aleksandar Pavlovic for the game at the Voith-Arena, and all five remain doubts to face the Gunners.

The hosts, who sit in 11th place, will have to do without the suspended Nikola Dovedan, who has been handed a two-match ban following his dismissal in last Sunday바카라™s 3-3 draw at Stuttgart, while fellow midfielder Norman Theuerkauf is ill.

Head coach Frank Schmidt told a press conference: 바카라œBayern Munich, as the German record champions, is of course something special for the club and the fans with their many outstanding players and as a club as a whole.

바카라œBut in the end it바카라™s like this: we have seven match days to go and nothing has changed in our approach. We still need points and we want to get them as quickly as possible.바카라

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