Bayern Munich captain Mark van Bommel admits his team will have to change their strategy to combat Wayne Rooney.
Rooney has been in rampant goal-scoring form of late and his exploits are sending shivers down defensive spines across Europe.
Van Bommel's side are next in the striker's crosshairs when Bayern Munich and Manchester United meet in the Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday night.
In comments reported by The Sun, the Dutchman revealed special precautions are being taken to contain the red-hot forward.
"We normally man-mark players like him but I don't think we can with him because he is too good"
"We will have to defend zonally so that more than one player can take care of him."
Van Bommel knows that in United, Bayern have a mountain to surmount if they are to progress into the last four.
"It will be a very difficult tie because United, along with Barcelona, are the favourites to win the Champions League.
"I also don't think it is an advantage for us to play the first game at home.
"But we played the first game at home against Fiorentina in the last round and we came through.
"If we draw 0-0 here and score in Manchester then we will have the advantage."
Bayern's task could become that much more difficult if Franck Ribery is ruled out of the match. He is one of the talismen of the team and his absence could be a huge setback.
"Any team in Europe is glad if you have a great player like Ribery in your team," said Van Bommel
"I hope he is fit against United. He is a very good player and we need him."
"We have scored goals and won matches without him in the team. But he is one of the best wingers in Europe."
"If we have everybody fit then we are able to make a surprise against Manchester."
That might be overly optimistic, given that Louis Van Gaal's men are coming off two successive defeats in the Bundesliga. However, Van Bommel believes domestic form has nothing to do with European performance.
"It doesn't matter what you do in the game before a Champions League match.
"I know Manchester United won but it doesn't matter."
Stuttgart was the teams that beat Bayern most recently, but their keeper Jens Lehmann defended Van Bommel's men.
"It's only human Bayern weren't fully concentrating," he said.
"United have a lot of quality but it will be tough for them because they will come up against typical German efficiency."
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