Berlin: Pep Guardiola admits Tuesday's European quarter-final, second-leg, tie against Porto is effectively a 'final' for Bayern Munich with the injury-hit Bavarians staring down the barrel of a Champions League exit.


Bayern Munich's Pep Guardiola 

Bayern's dream of repeating their 2013 European, league and cup treble was left in tatters last Wednesday when Ricardo Quaresma poached two early goals before captain Jackson Martinez grabbed a late third to seal Porto's 3-1 win in the first-leg at the Estadio do Dragoa. In four previous attempts, Bayern have never over-turned a two-goal deficit in European competition and Guardiola knows his side face an uphill task at the Allianz Arena.

"This game is our final and we'll have to put in a super performance," said Bayern's head coach. "It will be hard, but we have to try and I have a lot of trust in my players." To compound his problems, Guardiola has eight players on the injury list which comes after team doctor Hans-Wilhelm Mueller-Wohlfahrt dramatically quit last Thursday after 40 years with Bayern, citing a deterioration of faith in the medical staff.