Paris Saint-Germain coach Mauricio Pochettino is hoping his team’s home form will match their away performances as they carry a 3-2 advantage against Bayern Munich into their Champions League quarter final second leg at the Parc des Princes on Tuesday.

The French champions advanced from the last 16 with a 4-1 away win in the first leg against Barcelona before suffering in the return leg at home in a 1-1 draw.

In Ligue 1, their best performance of the season came last month in a 4-2 win at Olympique Lyonnais, which was followed on April 3 by a 1-0 home loss to Lille. On Saturday, they won 4-1 at Racing Strasbourg.

“I agree that we’ve been better away from home,” Pochettino told a news conference on Monday.

“It is something we will have to look into at the end of the season but let’s hope things start turning around tomorrow (Tuesday).”

PSG suffered in Munich last Wednesday with the German champions boasting 31 attempts on goal, but Pochettino’s team were ruthless up front with Kylian Mbappe scoring a double.

They will, however, be without captain Marquinhos in the starting 11 after the centre back picked up an adductor muscle injury in the first leg.

“I don’t know yet if he will be playing,” said Pochettino.

“We will see how he feels and he could be in the squad but I don’t think he will be able to start.”

Italy midfielder Marco Verratti is eligible following a weeklong isolation after being infected by Covid-19 while on international duty, but he is also unlikely to start.Pochettino, who labelled Bayern as the “best team in Europe, best team in the world,” said PSG’s attitude would be key.

“It was already hard to keep the ball against Barcelona, it doesn’t matter who is playing. It’s a question of collective attitude,” he explained.

Kylian Mbappe with PSG president Nasser bin Ghanim Al-Khelaifi. Twitter / @PSG_English

“It’s a challenge for tomorrow, being able to keep the ball and hurt the opposition. The Barca game is behind us and the Bayern game is another story. There will be moments when we will struggle and it’s in these moments that we will need to show solidarity and solidity.”

Praise for Mbappe

Bayern manager Hansi Flick has urged his players to be more clinical and force PSG into mistakes.

“We had many chances but we were not as decisive as we should have been and we have to improve,” Flick told a news conference on Monday.

“We will do everything we can and approach the game with optimism. We know we have to score at least two goals.”

Bayern will have their work cut out trying to neutralize the threat of Mbappe.

Flick said Mbappe was well on his way to becoming a global superstar.

“Mbappe will be the world’s best in the future, he’s fast, technical and scores important goals,” Flick added. “Considering his age he’s so well developed.”

Tuchel message

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel said his players must not “lose their heads” by allowing their 2-0 first-leg advantage over Porto to lull them into a false sense of security heading into Tuesday’s return.

Chelsea have one foot in the last four of Europe’s elite club competition courtesy of superb individual goals from Mason Mount and Ben Chilwell, but Tuchel insisted he would not set his side out to protect their lead in the ‘home’ leg in Seville.

The tie is being staged at Sevilla’s Sanchez Pizjuan stadium due to Covid-19 restrictions on travel between Portugal and England.

“We don’t approach games like this, to talk about the result we have and then change our approach,” Tuchel told a news conference on Monday. “It’s important to be fully focused and play the best game possible.”