Eric Dier has named Arsenal attackers Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard as the three players Bayern Munich need to watch in their Champions League quarter-final.
The Gunners host Bayern in the first leg of their last-eight clash on Tuesday night. Dier is set to start in defence for the visitors after joining them from Tottenham in the January transfer window.
His time at Spurs means he has valuable knowledge on what Bayern can expect to face over the two legs. And the former England star believes that it is Arsenal's trio of wingers who will cause his side the most problems.
Dier picked out their pace specifically as the key attribute that his side will need to guard against the most. But he insisted that a pacy counter attack is something he has experience in defending since his move to Bayern.
“We’ll have to be cautious of Arsenal on the counterattack. I know Bukayo Saka very well and Gabriel Martinelli, they’ve got great pace on the wings. Leandro Trossard has proved to be a really good player," Dier told The Overlap.
"That’s something we’ll have to pay a lot of attention to. It’s something that I’ve experienced a lot since I’ve been here in the Bundesliga with teams trying to counterattack us, so we’ll have to keep our eyes out for that.
“Football is beautiful in this way, where it always seems to give you these storylines, with myself and Harry Kane facing Arsenal so soon after leaving England. When you get to this point in the Champions League, every team is going to be difficult.
"You’re going to have to beat some top teams to get to the final. For Harry Kane and me, it might feel a little different than the rest of the team, but for everyone else, it’s just a normal Champions League tie. I’m sure
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