BERLIN: Pep Guardiola’s Bayern Munich can become the first club to win a fourth consecutive Bundesliga title by beating Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday, amidst the distraction of their Champions League semi-final.
Bayern hold a seven-point lead and with three games left, a win over Gladbach at Munich’s Allianz Arena will confirm a fourth straight German league title, a feat no other team has achieved before.
But Bayern are still smarting from Wednesday’s 1-0 Champions League defeat at Atletico Madrid.
Thomas Mueller, Bayern’s top-scorer in Europe, and Franck Ribery both started on the bench leaving Bayern with it all to do in Tuesday’s return leg in Munich.
Guardiola scoffed when asked if he would rest some of his stars against Gladbach.
“We still need another win, we only have a few days to prepare and then we face Atletico three days later,” he said. “We have to win against Gladbach first.”
