Bayern Munich supervisor Vincent Kompany has stated Harry Kane shall be assessed hours earlier than his aspect’s Champions League play-off decider against Celtic after lacking coaching on Monday.
Kompany performed down the potential of Kane being injured after the ahead featured all through the 0-0 draw at Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday that saved the Bundesliga leaders eight factors away from their second-placed opponents.
“It’s nothing unhealthy,” stated Kompany. “We haven’t had quite a lot of time to get better. Generally you want an additional relaxation day. We’ll see how he feels tomorrow.”
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Bayern vs Celtic: ‘Energy and vitality’
Bayern are enormous favourites to progress to the spherical of 16 after profitable the primary leg of their play-off tie at Celtic Park final Wednesday by way of Michael Olise’s Forty fifth-minute opener and a Kane objective 4 minutes after half-time of their 2-1 win.
When he was requested whether or not he may relaxation key gamers through the coming weeks, Kompany replied that he “can’t say a lot about that now”.
“We belief our squad,” added the Belgian. “I don’t need to decide what is going to occur sooner or later but. I don’t need to look any additional than our sport in opposition to Celtic.
“We’ve got quite a lot of video games… however that’s additionally enjoyable. And we now have a squad who’re up for it. When the outcomes are proper, you’ve got that little bit of additional energy and vitality – and that ought to assist us [against Celtic].”
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Bayern staff information: Palhinha poorly
Midfielder Joao Palhinha is a doubt as Bayern bid to keep away from a primary defeat in 21 Champions League house matches, final shedding such a sport in opposition to Paris St-Germain in April 2021.
“Joao was sick,” stated Kompany, whose aspect face the Scottish Premiership leaders on Tuesday (8pm GMT). “We’ll see how he’s [on the day of the game]. Hopefully he may be there. We now have nearly the total squad again.
“We’ll be ready, whether or not they sit deep or press us. While you play in opposition to groups which might be used to being dominant of their league and scoring quite a lot of targets, you see a staff that’s all the time harmful once they go ahead.
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“It gained’t be a straightforward sport. We noticed what it was like in Glasgow. We’ve got to arrange effectively, be certain we’re recent and mentally prepared. We’ve got to be enjoying at 100%, not let up and begin robust immediately – and we hope that we win!”… pic.twitter.com/FPRuHrnxPj
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“Celtic confirmed that, too – however we did effectively. They’ve finished very effectively within the Champions League up to now. They will all the time be harmful.
“The nice factor is that we won at Celtic Park after which bought an necessary level in Leverkusen. It’s alternative to do one thing good once more in these six days, which have been very busy.”
The winners of the tie will meet Leverkusen or Atletico Madrid subsequent, relying on the result of the draw on February 21 to finalise the spherical of 16 fixtures.
