Bayern Munich and Arsenal are preparing to do battle at The Emirates on Tuesday night in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final clash – and Leroy Sane has been speaking ahead of the match.
The race for the Premier League title is put to one side on Tuesday night as Arsenal play host to Bayern. Many sub-plots are included, not least the 10-2 aggregate defeat suffered by Arsenal to Bayern in 2017.
Harry Kane and Eric Dier – obviously of a Tottenham persuasion – taking on North London rivals Arsenal. Another sub-plot is that Sane is coming up against Mikel Arteta, whom he worked under at Man City.
Sane, a 59-time Germany star, spent four years at Manchester City, joining the Premier League giants in the summer of 2016 as a youngster from Schalke. He went on to have a hand in 84 goals in 135 games.
Leroy Sane worked with Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta at Man City
He moved to Bayern in 2020 and is now approaching four years with the German champions, where he has already clocked up 170 games – where he has scored 47 goals and laid on 49 assists, 96 involvements.
Speaking in a press conference on Monday, Bayern star Sane was asked about his time under Arteta at Man City. The Bayern winger shared how much Arteta improved his game, and how is still helps him now.
“It was great. I was pleased to work with him because he actually really helped me at City. We had a lot of individual talks about how I can improve, strengths, my weaknesses, we worked a lot,” Sane told media.
“I made huge improvements under him, he gave that to me. I still keep that in my mind and put that in my game – positioning, how to behave in certain positions. I’m thankful,” Sane added, as per Hayters TV.
Gary Neville and Rio Ferdinand predictions for Arsenal v Bayern…
It is a huge game. One that is a real test for Arsenal and a signal to see where they are at. Many will even have Arsenal as favourites given how poor Bayern have been under Thomas Tuchel during 2023-24.
Rio Ferdinand spoke ahead of the game and he believes that if Arsenal can keep Jamal Musiala and Harry Kane quiet on the night, or the two nights, then Arsenal will progress. Gary Neville also predicted it.
The pundit gave an opposite view – he believes the juggarnaut that is Bayern will prove too much for Arsenal. He thinks that Bayern will improve under the stage of the Champions League. A massive game.
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