Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann has hailed Erling Haaland as an “exceptional player” and believes the Manchester City striker is more physical than Kylian Mbappe.

“Haaland is an exceptional player,” Nagelsmann said of the striker.

“He has an extreme quality in terms of speed and physicality. He’s even more physical than Mbappe. But we also have very good attacking players; City also have many other good players.”

The Bayern coach also emphasised how difficult it would be for Bayern to progress against City. “It’s a good, challenging draw,” he added. “If we win the title at the end, nobody can say we were lucky. We already had a tough group stage, then PSG and now City. The potential semi-final (against either Chelsea or Real Madrid) would also be top-class.

“Real Madrid had a similar path last year. The draw gives me a lot of energy and a lot of anticipation. We will prepare well and we are looking forward to it.”