Bayern carrying German Champions League hopes against Liverpool

Bayern Munich head to Liverpool for Tuesday's crunch Champions League tie at Anfield demanding improvements and shouldering Germany's flagging hopes of having a club in the quarter-finals.

Since the 2005-06 season, at least one German side has always made it to the last eight.

That proud run will be under threat if Bayern suffer a heavy defeat in the last-16 first leg ahead of the return game on March 13.

"You can't make mistakes in these games, but I think we can cause Liverpool problems," said Bayern midfielder James Rodriguez.

"We have a team that's good enough to go through, if it goes well."
"We have to perform differently, but it'll be at international level and that's a very different focus -- I assume that it will be a completely different performance from us."
"That's why I believe Bayern are the leaders in this regard and are carrying the flag in the normal picture, which is now emerging."
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"If they make those mistakes against Liverpool, it will be hard."