Robben reveals Bayern Munich had Barcelona’s Champions League exit in mind as they overcame Sevilla 

Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben has revealed that Barcelona’s shock Champions League exit served as a warning to his side against Sevilla on Wednesday.

Despite leading 3-0 from the first leg, Barcelona were knocked out on Tuesday by Roma, who prevailed on away goals, with the tie ending 3-3 on aggregate.

Bayern had a 2-1 advantage going into their second leg against Sevilla but managed to go through as the game ended goalless.

As reported by Four Four Two, Robben said: ‘Of course that was a warning. It shows that everything can happen in football.

‘If you play at this level, you need a top performance. That will be the case in the semi-final.

‘We are now in the semi-finals in the Champions League and in the DFB-Pokal. We have to go a bit further.

‘In the semi-finals there are no favourites. We have to see who we get tied up with and then prepare well. There are only good teams left.’ 

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Bayern are renowned for playing dynamic, attacking football but they also had to be resilient defensively against Sevilla, who had Joaquin Correa sent off late on.

‘From the outside, maybe 2-1 away felt as if it was almost done but we knew that they have a good team,’ Robben added.

‘In the first half we had some trouble in midfield. Then they have quality and they can play.

‘They had a few chances. In the end we had more chances, but what was missing was a goal. We should have scored a goal.’ 

Bayern have already wrapped up the Bundesliga title and, in addition to the Champions League, they will also hope for glory in the DFB-Pokal, in which they will take on Bayer Leverkusen in the semi-finals.

Robben has yet to score in the Champions League this season, but the Dutchman could have a major part to play in the latter stages of the competition.