A crucial stage of the season is in store for FC Bayern in February. After cutting the gap on leaders Bayer 04 Leverkusen to two points in the Bundesliga last weekend, FCB have everything in their own hands in the title race again. The Bavarians are currently working hard on being in the best shape for the forthcoming home match against Borussia Mönchengladbach (Saturday 15:30 CEST), the showdown against Leverkusen (10 February) as well as the Champions League round of 16 first leg at Lazio (14 February).
Thomas Müller, new signing Sacha Boey and Co get stuck in.
Tuchel and Neuer absent from session
After the open session on Tuesday, where new signing Sacha Boey trained with the team for the first time, the Munich men stepped up preparations for the clash with Gladbach on Wednesday morning. Head coach Thomas Tuchel was absent because of flu, while goalkeeper Manuel Neuer sat out on the grounds of workload management. Also missing were Dayot Upamecano (hamstring), Konrad Laimer (calf), Joshua Kimmich (shoulder), Kingsley Coman (MCL), Serge Gnabry (adductor), Bouna Sarr (ACL), Daniel Peretz (knee) and Tarek Buchmann (muscular) as well as Minjae Kim and Noussair Mazraoui (international duty).
Dayot Upamecano is running again after his hamstring injury:
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