FC Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez laughed off the notion that playing at Bayern Munich is like visiting the ‘house of horrors’ ahead of Tuesday’s mouthwatering Champions League Group C clash.

They met in the group stages last year, with the Germans winning twice 3-0, although Barça are a very different side now that they are managed by striker Robert Lewandowski, who moved to the Camp Nou Bavarians at the end of time.

Barcelona are yet to win against Bayern, who have won the last four meetings between the clubs by a total of 17-4.

Barcelona are yet to win against Bayern, who have won the last four meetings between the clubs by a total of 17-4.

‘I’ve seen both sides of the coin, beating them heavily and losing heavily against them, but we have never won at the Allianz

that it shows that it is difficult to go where the work is at hand, but we are optimistic.

“We cannot be overconfident just because we have achieved good things recently. We will remember what it was like to play against them last year, but I will be happy if we play to our strengths and if we do, I think we can win and change history.

The Spaniard has a full team for the match against Julien Nagelsmann and hopes to recall Jules Kounde, Eric Garcia, Pedri, Ousmane Dembele and Lewandowski, who started on the bench in Saturday's 4-0 win in Cadiz.

The last meetings between the European giants came last December at an empty Allianz Arena (as a Covid-19 precaution) where the German side condemned the Catalans to Europa League and a third place finish in the group.

The class gap between Barcelona and Bayern was clear from the beginning of last season and the Germans opened the Catalans with three unanswered goals from Bavaria revealing the gap between the two teams.

The second leg of the semi-final of 2105 was almost over and cleaned up after Neymar scored a brace in the first half to get a big advantage for the LaLiga side and despite two goals from Lewandowski and Muller,

This was the last UCL win for Barça over the Bavarian side with a double from Leo Messi and a late Neymar third putting Pep Guardiola’s side in pole position in the first leg of the sem-final.