No crisis at Bayern, says Ancelotti

BERLIN: Bayern Munich are determined to break their mini winless streak on Wednesday against PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League, with head coach Carlo Ancelotti

Published on: Oct 19, 2016, 07:09:34 IST

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BERLIN: Bayern Munich are determined to break their mini winless streak on Wednesday against PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League, with head coach Carlo Ancelotti dismissing any talk of a ‘crisis’.

Bayern have drawn both of their league games since losing 1-0 at Atletico Madrid three weeks ago and are three games without a win.

The Bundesliga leader’s 2-2 draw at 10-man Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday was branded ‘unacceptable’ by Munich’s chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, even with the team two points clear. Ancelotti had threatened changes for the PSV match and admitted his team’s attitude in Frankfurt was poor.

But the Italian dismissed any talk of a ‘crisis’ amongst the Bavarian giants, which has been mentioned in the German media.

“I have to be myself and I must be tougher from time to time,” said Ancelotti. “I wasn’t happy in Frankfurt, but I don’t want to punish the players. It’s too early for the word ‘crisis’, we haven’t won our last three games, but we still played well. We aren’t magicians and we will have a different attitude against Eindhoven.”

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