BERLIN : Bayern Munich may trail Bayer Leverkusen by 10 points with 10 games left in the Bundesliga this season but they are not yet ready to throw in the towel, having been boosted by their midweek Champions League success.
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The Bavarians, whose coach Thomas Tuchel will leave at the end of the season following their bad run recently, moved into the Champions League last eight with a dominant 3-0 win over Lazio on Tuesday. "We must now up the ante," Tuchel said."We can be happy about it but on Saturday we face Mainz and they will make our life difficult.Bayern, winners of the last 11 league titles, have won one of their last four Bundesliga matches and are on 54 points in second place behind Leverkusen, who are eyeing their first league crown.
Xabi Alonso's team are still unbeaten in all competitions this season but midfielder Granit Xhaka warned that their campaign was not over yet.