Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes has warned that the season is far from over ahead of his side’s return to training for the second half of the season.
The record German champions have a nine-point cushion over Bayer Leverkusen at the top of the Bundesliga at the midway stage of the campaign, but Heynckes says his side must not rest on their laurels in 2013.
They threw away an eight-point advantage over Borussia Dortmund a year ago to end the season empty-handed for the second year in a row and that should be enough of a warning to his players.
“We are heading in the right direction, but we have got to carry on this way consistently,” he told the club’s official website. “The Bundesliga title is the priority which we are aiming for with all of our strength.”
Bayern have not won a trophy since 2010 and will look to end a three-year wait for silverware in May, and the Bundesliga is currently providing their most likely source of glory.
Bayern will face Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League, and Heynckes appears pretty happy witj the draw saying:
“It’s the Champions League! Arsenal boast one of the richest traditions in England. They’ve always played attractive attacking football, and they’ve ended up there or thereabouts at the top of the table in England for years. But given our targets, we’re definitely capable of making the next round.”
