Starting team today

So, a double-header of our most difficult fixture of the season coming up. Bayern are just about the last side I want us to come up against. Apart from the quality and class all through their team, they are unrivalled masters at squeezing and stifling and suffocating the play. The caants give you no time on the ball and you spend too much facking time chasing the ball.

To succeed today, we need:
Focus - Our concentration against the blur of buzzing, high energy players attacking us has to be top notch. It's easy to slip-up mentally when you dedicate so much effort to repelling wave after wave of pressure against you.

Patience - Related to staying focused, but more concerned with our attacking play. There's no shred of doubt Bayern will dominate huge periods of the game. We can't afford to get frustrated. When we have the ball and the space, we should be calm enough to play our game and make the right decisions and make it all count.

Efficiency/ruthlessness - I expect our chances will be limited today so we must make the few count. The wastefulness of our earlier games would be punished

Pace, pace, pace - a constant argument and theme on this board, but this is the day we'll need it most. Bayern hold the craziest high line you'll ever see - even against the likes of Madrid and Barca - which really allows them to suffocate the space. If we want to have an effective counter-attacking game, this might be the day to lose the Ramsey-on-the-right experiment. Ox who has had a cracker against Bayern before has to come in. I would drop one of Santi and Ramsey from the team. Both have qualities we need: Ramsey's energy and Sant's ball retentiom and passing. I'll probably start Ramsey for tge frenetic opening phase and later bring in Santi.