how can anybody stop Bayern Munich? The German giant is absolutely flying -- it has won all nine of its Bundesliga games, scoring 29 goals in the process. Bayern is already seven points clear of nearest challenge Borussia Dortmund and has won both of its games in this season's Champions League. Today, it plays Arsenal in London with the English club needing to win in order to remain in the competition. So, can Arsenal do what no other team has done so far this season and stop Bayern?
Arsene Wenger told reporters Monday that his team's defeats in the opening two games of the competition could have been down to complacency. But he's still confident his players will get themselves out of trouble when they face Bayern. "We maybe could be a little suspected of not taking the first two games seriously enough but this time that is not the threat," he told a news conference.
"Let's take the positives of our Premier League [form] and as well get the right focus that you get when you play a big opponent. "We have some ground to make up in Europe as we have not been at our requested level in our first two games."Our focus has been much stronger in the Premier League than it has been in Europe and we know in this game the focus needs to be exactly the same than in the in Premier League."Lahm, the Bayern captain, says his team will not allow Arsenal's poor start to the Champions League to distract it.
"They're a good team with good individuals, and they're showing their true colors in the league," Lahm told the club's official website."But they're under severe pressure in the Champions League. They need a result against us, but we're prepared for that."Arsenal are always dangerous because they have real quality and very good, dynamic players in their ranks. And like us, they like to have the ball."
Well, it's funny you should ask that because if there's one team which knows how to qualify from the Champions League group stage, it's Arsenal.
The club has qualified for the knockout phase in each of the past 15 seasons -- but defeat will more or less end its dreams of glory after just three games.Arsenal was knocked out of the competition by the German giant in 2013 and 2014 after losing the home legs on both occasions.