The Bhoys trail 2-1 heading into the second leg of their play-off tie on Tuesday (18.02.25) and the coach believes that there is little pressure on his players for the game in Bavaria.

Rodgers said: "It is a challenge at this level. But it’s something that we want to embrace, that challenge.

"We’ve done very well to get to this point. When you get to this point, you want to play top-level teams. This is a team that has world-class players.

"I think it’s just spelling out that you come to this level and you have to play without any fear.

"I think there’s worse things in life that can happen than losing a game of football. So for us, we want to ensure that when we come in after the game, if we don’t go through, we’ve given it absolutely everything."

The Northern Irish manager continued: "I look at this game and I’m so glad I have this group of players that have a great mentality and incredible professionalism and they can go and show that.

"Then we know that we’re in with a chance as long as you can take that opportunity to give your very, very best. The regret is always if you don’t, you just turn up too late for the game.

"So there’s no second chance. We’ve got the one opportunity."

Rodgers insists that his team have learnt lessons from their last trip to Germany - which resulted in a chastening 7-1 loss to Borussia Dortmund last October in the league phase.

He said: "In the Dortmund game, we chased the game. We had scored early on and the lessons were from that. Our plan was to be stable and steady and compact.

"I think that’s been the big learning for us from that game. You’re not tight, you’re not stable, you’re not compact, you’re not concentrated and you leave space for world-class players.

"It’s the mark of the group. We’re a humble group. We came away and had some really good performances after that."