Gareth Bale hopes to start for Real Madrid tonight at Champions League opponents Bayern Munich.

Bale goes into the game under an injury cloud.

He said: "It's going to be a tricky match against Bayern. I don't feel like we're through. It'll be a great battle, a tough and complicated match. The result will be tight with little difference between the teams. We hope to do our job well, but it will be a fantastic match and we're 100% ready to give our all.

"We're excited, we have no doubts about what we can do and against Bayern we have to take that confidence to the pitch. We're going to try and play good football. We're not a team that sits back. We know it'll be difficult but we are hopeful. Between us we're going to give it a good go tomorrow."

On teammate Cristiano Ronaldo, Bale added: "He's sensational. He is the reason I came. I want to be with the best. We have a laugh, we talk a lot and we get on well on the pitch."