Thomas Tuchel Wants Bayern Munich To Inflict Pain On 'Amazing' Arsenal

Thomas Tuchel wants Bayern Munich to make "amazing" Arsenal suffer Champions League pain once again as the crisis-torn Bundesliga side try to salvage their season. Tuchel's team are on the brink of surrendering the German title for the first time in 12 years after a brutal domestic campaign. Bayern are 16 points adrift of leaders Bayer Leverkusen following four defeats in their last eight league games, with Tuchel set to leave at the end of the season. Tuchel knows Bayern can redeem themselves by winning the club's seventh Champions League crown.

The next step on that journey comes at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday when Bayern face Premier League leaders Arsenal in the quarter-final first leg.

"The season is not lost. The season is over when it's over," Tuchel told reporters.

"We are accepting the criticism, we haven't had the passion and hunger in the Bundesliga that we would expect from ourselves.

"In the Champions League, we've played at a very high level so far. We've reached our minimum goal. A lot of big teams have not reached the quarter-finals.

"Tomorrow we play with a chance to reach the semi-final, we need two great performances and that is where our focus is."

Tuchel was gushing in his praise for the way Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has revitalised a club who last won the Premier League in 2004.

"At the moment, Arsenal are the best team in the Premier League. All the data shows that, they have amazing data in the Champions League as well," Tuchel said.

"They are in great form. It will be a big test for us. They managed all aspects of the game very well.

"How Arteta transformed the side is amazing. He deserves the biggest compliments for it."

But Tuchel hopes Bayern's greater knowledge of the Champions League