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Ottmar Hitzfeld: 'Bayern Munich are Champions League favourites'

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Ex-Bayern Munich coach Ottmar Hitzfeld says that his former employers are the favourites to win this season's Champions League.

Former Bayern Munich manager Ottmar Hitzfeld has backed the club to retain its Champions League crown this season.

The current Switzerland boss believes that his ex-employers have what it takes to add to their recently-secured Bundesliga trophy by successfully defending the European title.

"It is always sensational when a team gets to break such records," he told RMC Sport. "No team have been champions so early in the season.

"This is a sensational performance from Bayern. Pep Guardiola has made them even better - a coach who had already won everything.

"For me, Bayern are the favourites for the Champions League."

Bayern have been drawn against Atletico Madrid in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

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1Bayern MunichBayern15113147133436
2Bayer LeverkusenB. Leverkusen1595137211632
3Eintracht FrankfurtFrankfurt1583435231227
4RB Leipzig158342420427
5Mainz 05Mainz157442820825
6Borussia DortmundDortmund157442822625
7Werder Bremen157442625125
8Borussia MonchengladbachBorussia M'bach157352520524
9Freiburg157352124-324
10Stuttgart156542925423
11Wolfsburg156363228421
12Union BerlinUnion Berlin154561419-517
13Augsburg154471732-1516
14St Pauli154291219-714
15Hoffenheim153572028-814
16Heidenheim1531111833-1510
17Holstein Kiel1522111938-198
18VfL BochumVfL Bochum1513111335-226
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