Spanish football expert Graham Hunter has said that Bayern Munich are favourites to beat Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals, because of Pep Guardiola.

The Munich boss was in charge of the Spanish club for four seasons and lifted the Champions League on two occasions before leaving for a sabbatical, and Hunter believes that gives him an advantage.

Hunter told Sky Sports News: "I think Pep knows the weaknesses of the Barca players, he left partly because he saw the decline. He always claims the thing he does best it to rip apart the opponents in the pre-planning, and instruct his players how to defeat them.

"If he is good to his word and does that over the two legs, that makes them favourites."

The first leg takes place at Camp Nou tomorrow night.

Written by
Charlie Bennett