adminBERLIN. — Pep Guardiola wants Bayern Munich to learn from their mid-week Champions League defeat at Manchester City to help strengthen their iron grip on the German Bundesliga at Hertha Berlin today.Bayern have a seven-point lead at the top of the table, but are licking the wounds from their first defeat in 22 games on Tuesday although they had already made the last 16 in Europe as group winners.
“It’s good that it’s happened and maybe there’s a lesson in it for us,” said Guardiola.
“If it happens in the Round of 16 or the quarter-finals, you’re out, so we have to learn from this.”
Defender Jerome Boateng has insisted Bayern will bounce back in his home city of Berlin.
Mid-table Hertha have shown little to cast doubt on that having only won four of their last 10 games.
Bayern have good memories of the Olympic Stadium as their 3-1 win there in March saw them claim last season’s title with a record seven games to spare.
Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger is set to be named on the bench again having made brief appearances against Hoffenheim last weekend and City following a knee strain which had sidelined him since July’s World Cup final. — AFP.
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