Guardiola warns Bayern will believe they can pull off miracle against Man City

Pep Guardiola warned that Bayern Munich will believe they can pull off a miracle against Manchester City in their Champions League quarter-final second leg clash on Wednesday.

The Bundesliga giants trail 3-0 after the first leg at the Etihad Stadium last week but City's manager, who was head coach at Bayern from 2013 to 2016, said that will not affect the Germans' mindset.

"I worked here at Bayern and I know the mentality of this club. It's everywhere, it's in the skin of the club. They believe they can do it," said Guardiola on Tuesday.

The German giants went down to goals from Rodri, Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland in Manchester last week and now have a mountain to climb in the return at the Allianz Arena.

Bayern manager Thomas Tuchel said on Tuesday that he believes a strong first-half performance could spark a turnaround but that any talk of a 4-0 or 5-0 win against City, a team that is unbeaten in their last 14 matches in all competitions, was fanciful.

"We cannot talk about a miracle and expect it to just come by talking about it. We have to have a realistic level," Tuchel said.

"To talk about 4-0 or 5-0 is not appropriate and given our performance on Saturday I don't know if everyone believes it 100 per cent.

"What we want to do is win the first half. That is the first goal. Then anything can happen, if we also get that bit of luck that we did not have in the first game. It is a huge mountain to climb. We want to believe but don't want to be dreamers.

"We need to bring the crowd with us so they can create the kind of energy which you get in games where special things happen."

Bayern are struggling for goals, having struck only three times in their last four matches in all competitions. They will need to raise