Brilliant Bayern still the team to beat

Now that the draw for the Champions League semi-finals has been made, I have no doubt we will see two very different match-ups when Real Madrid face Bayern Munich and Chelsea come up against Atletico Madrid.

I still make Bayern Munich the favourites to win the Champions League — and become the first club to do so two years in a row — despite not being at their fluent best over two legs against Man United. After the first leg at Old Trafford, I was fearful for David Moyes’ men as they travelled to the Allianz Arena needing a score draw to progress.

I quite liked the team they chose, with Kagawa playing just off Wayne Rooney and pace either side in Welbeck and Valencia. Kagawa is a player I really admire but when everybody is fit, he doesn’t get his preferred role and tends to be pushed out wide, where he simply isn’t as effective out there. With him, Mata and Rooney all preferring the central role, it’s fairly obvious that three into one won’t go.