Coach Nagelsmann wants his team to produce \u2018brilliant\u2019 performance to overturn 1-0 deficit in quarters
\n MUNICH
\nBayern Munich will look to \u201cpunish\u201d Villarreal for their missed chances in the first leg and produce a \u201cbrilliant\u201d display in the return home on Tuesday to turn around their Champions League quarter-final.
\nBy their own admission, Bayern was lucky to only lose 1-0 last week away to Villarreal as Francis Coquelin had a goal disallowed and Gerard Moreno hit the post for the Spaniards.
\nMoreno also curled agonisingly wide from inside his own half after Bayern goalkeeper and captain Manuel Neuer miscued a clearance, briefly leaving his own net gaping.
\n\u201cWe made a lot of mistakes in the away game, they made one which allowed us to survive\u2013and we should punish that,\u201d Bayern head coach Julian Nagelsmann said Monday.
\nBayern has scored 20 goals in their last six home games, but they are under pressure to avoid exiting the Champions League in the quarter-finals for the second straight year.
\n\u201cAs we all know, diamonds are made under high pressure,\u201d said Nagelsmann. \u201cHopefully we will produce a brilliant performance tomorrow.\u201d
\nNeuer insisted Bayern have the experience to cope with losing the first leg. \u201cThe good thing is that we still hold our fate in our own hands,\u201d he said.
\nVillarreal coach Unai Emery stressed his team remain the underdogs in Munich.
\n\u201cBayern are the favourites. It will be incredibly difficult and we have to try to find answers,\u201d he said. \u201cWe must know how to respond.\u201d
\nHowever, Bayern are currently struggling for form and questions remain over their leadership on the pitch after the loss in Spain.
\nNagelsmann wants his key players such as Neuer, Thomas Mueller and Joshua Kimmich to make their presence felt and heard. \u201cEveryone has to take responsibility and rather speak too much than too little,\u201d said Nagelsmann.
\n\u201cIt gives me confidence that we played a bad game in Villarreal and Villarreal played one of their best.
\n\u201cNot all of us are peaking at the moment,\u201d he admitted as Bayern laboured to a 1-0 win over Augsburg on Saturday. \u201cThere is a lot at stake, so we have to invest a lot.\u201d
\nGermany defender Niklas Suele is sidelined by flu, but Bayern will be near full strength.
\nNagelsmann said Bayern must deny Villarreal \u201cthe time they need to find their rhythm\u201d and expects the visitors to defend deeper this time.
\nHe also urged his team to limit Villarreal\u2019s possession in order to \u201ctake Pau Torres, (Juan) Foyth and (Giovani) Lo Celso out of the game more.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Coach Nagelsmann wants his team to produce \u2018brilliant\u2019 performance to overturn 1-0 deficit in quarters MUNICH Bayern Munich will look to \u201cpunish\u201d Villarreal for their missed chances in the first leg and produce a \u201cbrilliant\u201d display in the return home on Tuesday to turn around their Champions League quarter-final. By their own admission, Bayern was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254703,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5878,819,5065],"class_list":{"0":"post-254688","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-bayern","9":"tag-punish","10":"tag-villarreal"},"yoast_head":"\n