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MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) – Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich will be without injured striker Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and defender Josip Stanisic when they travel with a “decimated squad” to Werder Bremen on Saturday, coach Thomas Tuchel said on the eve of the match.<\/p>\n

The Bavarians, a point ahead of second-placed Borussia Dortmund with four games left this season, are already without the injured Alphonso Davies, Dayot Upamecano and Lucas Hernandez as well as the suspended Leon Goretzka.<\/p>\n

“He is feeling the knee and it causes discomfort,” Tuchel said of Choupo-Moting’s nagging injury.<\/p>\n

“It feels like it is a matter of days (until he returns) and hopefully it will remain so but we cannot say that clearly. It’s been dragging on longer than initially expected.”<\/p>\n

Stanisic picked up a muscle injury in training this week.<\/p>\n

“He will out for about two weeks but two weeks at this stage are a lot and the number of matches is not increasing. It’s a pretty decimated squad,” he told a press conference. “We will probably need to add some reserve players in the squad.”<\/p>\n

Bayern, who have won one of their last three league matches, cannot afford any more slip-ups, Tuchel said, if they are to win the only trophy left this season for a record-extending 11th straight league crown.<\/p>\n

“We still have room for improvement, to bring the team to the limit and keep it there over a longer period of weeks or months,” added Tuchel, who took over from the sacked Julian Nagelsmann in late March.<\/p>\n

They have since been eliminated from the German Cup and the Champions League while their rocky Bundesliga run in recent weeks has made it the closest title battle in years. <\/p>\n

“We want to reduce mistakes, attack and score a lot of goals,” said the former Chelsea and Paris St Germain coach.<\/p>\n

“We must increase the pace but it makes no sense philosophising about it. Today we have to prepare and tomorrow we have to be ready. That’s all that matters.”<\/p>\n

Bayern reclaimed the lead last week with a win over Hertha Berlin as Dortmund slipped up against VfL Bochum with a draw. Dortmund host VfL Wolfsburg on Sunday<\/p>\n

“It is tight title race. We have the chance to up the ante now but we cannot allow ourselves any more ups and downs,” Tuchel said.<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann; Editing by Ken Ferris)<\/p>\n

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