Bastian Schweinsteiger says Bayern Munich are hungry to win the UEFA Champions League and believes they have improved since last season.
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Schweinsteiger is still disappointed that Bayern did not perform to the best of their ability in last season's final, and admits he was not confident when the match went to penalties.
He recalled: "We were the superior team. It all came down to penalties, just as it did for Chelsea when they lost to Manchester United in Moscow.
"Before the game, I had thought about how the match might end up. I knew Chelsea had lost on penalties in Moscow.
"On the night, Chelsea showed 100 per cent of their ability and Bayern did not. With 110 minutes gone I looked up at the scoreboard and thought, 'We have to win the game now', but we could not do it.
"It went to penalties and we lost. Chelsea were lucky and we were not. Maybe it was a good way for Chelsea to make up for losing in Moscow. Maybe it was a matter of fate."
While finishing as runners-up could still be regarded as a fine achievement, Schweinsteiger says nobody at Bayern is prepared to settle for second place.
The midfielder says they will be going for victory away to Arsenal, adding: "We say, 'Mia san mia'. Literally it is, 'We are we', but it means, 'We are who we are'. That's not being very arrogant but we are very confident about our ability to win the game. It is about a winning mentality.
"When our players come from somewhere else they sometimes show happiness when the game is 0-0 or 1-1, but we were brought up in an environment where we have to win.
"We are not satisfied with 0-0 or 1-1. This is the mentality of Bayern Munich."
