Bayern Munich's Germany striker Mario Gomez admitted his side held back after their 4-0 rout of Nuremberg on Saturday to save themselves for Wednesday's visit of Napoli in the Champions League.
With both sides unbeaten in Group A, Bayern are eager to claim their ninth straight home win when they host the Italians at Munich's Allianz Arena.
Munich warmed up with a convincing win over Nuremberg in the German league as Gomez scored twice alongside fine strikes from Bastian Schweinsteiger and France play-maker Franck Ribery.
Borussia Moenchengladbach were the last visiting team to score in Munich when they poached a shock 1-0 win on August 7 and the Allianz Arena has become Bayern's fortress in the process, scoring 33 goals without reply.
"Things are certainly going well, in the second half we held back a bit, that was certainly with Wednesday in mind," admitted Gomez.
"We must apologise to the fans for that, once we got two or three goals ahead we weren't as aggressive.
"We don't want to over-estimate ourselves or be arrogant.
"The teams we have already beaten at the Allianz Arena have been no push-overs.
"We had to do a lot to beat them, they weren't weak teams, but we are so strong and don't leave much to chance.
"I had some fantastic chances to finish, I am just at the end of a chain and use the chances which come my way.
"That was missing at Hanover."
Having suffered a shock 2-1 defeat at Hanover last Sunday - only their second defeat of the whole season - Bayern were back to their best against Nuremberg.
The win extends Bayern's lead at the top of the Bundesliga table to four points, while they are two points clear at the top of Group A in the Champions League.
But victory may have come at a high cost as Schweinsteiger limped off in the 71st minute and is an injury doubt for the Napoli game.
"Bastian took a kick to the calf. That is normally a very difficult injury, which takes time to recover," explained Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes.
"We have to wait and see whether or not it is a calf strain. Then we can say more, but at the moment it doesn't look good."
Source: AFP
