Ten Hag spoke about how he felt his team could beat Bayern ahead of the game. He told reporters: "If we are in the right spirit, then we are able to do it and beat any opponent. I never think of a negative scenario, we think positive. We know what to do. We have to win to stay in Europe, it’s about that. We will prepare the team with that feeling, with the belief that we are able to do it. We have shown in the last weeks that when we are at our best we can do it."