Borussia Monchengladbach coach Lucien Favre has insisted that his side's 5-1 defeat to Bayern Munich in the Telekom Cup taught his side a lot.

Favre's team face Bayern in the Bundesliga opener on August 9, and the Swiss believes that his sude will be much more prepared for the encounter.

"I saw a lot in this test," Bild quotes Favre as saying. "Bayern always play in triangles - the player in possession of the ball always has two open men.

"There is rarely a square pass - the ball is always played forward, directly or diagonally. Their system is based on all the players moving all the time.

"They constantly change their system - everyone defends and everyone attacks. They can adjust perfectly to new situations in a game. That makes it very, very difficult for every opponent to achieve something."

Gladbach finished eighth in last season's Bundesliga campaign.

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Matt Domm