Bayern Munich were fortunate in midweek to go through to the last-16 as a late goal from Alphonso Davies was needed to get past a solid Celtic side.<\/p>\n
The tough games don’t end however as they face third in the Bundesliga Eintracht Frankfurt after last week’s title fight against Leverkusen.<\/p>\n
Harry Kane was subbed off against Celtic at half time with injury and will be a doubt for the Frankfurt match.<\/p>\n
However, Bayern should stay solid at the back as Manuel Neuer has kept a clean sheet in each of his last two Bundesliga ties.<\/p>\n
Missing the Englishman might still prove an issue, as the record champions’ only loss this season (against Mainz in December) came when he was absent.<\/p>\n
Ahead of the huge tie against Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayern manager Vincent Kompany said: \u201cWe’re playing against the team in third. They’ve done a lot right this season and there are a lot of players at Frankfurt now that are very close to taking the next step.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harry Kane is a doubt with a calf issue and backup keeper Daniel Peretz is doubtful with a kidney problem.<\/p>\n
Eintracht Frankfurt did not have to play in midweek, as they automatically qualified for the last-16 of the Europa League where they will face Ajax.<\/p>\n
Frankfurt, however, are seven games unbeaten in the Bundesliga since their upturn in form since the start of the year (their longest run under coach Dino Toppm\u00f6ller).<\/p>\n
Currently third, Frankfurt are looking to achieve their highest position in the Bundesliga since 1993 under Horst Heese.<\/p>\n
Evenly matched in recent ties with Bayern Munich, Frankfurt have drawn two and won one in their last five Bundesliga outings with the southern German side.<\/p>\n
Ahead of the crucial tie against Vincent Kompany’s Bayern, Frankfurt head coach Dino Toppm\u00f6ller said: \u201cWe’re facing an extremely powerful side, but we are travelling to Munich in third place and are having a great season.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"