Los Blancos are 2-1 down heading into the second leg at Allianz Arena, with Kylian Mbappe restoring some hope at Santiago Bernabeu after earlier goals from Luis Diaz and Harry Kane.

Madrid is unbeaten in its past four away games against Bayern, winning three of those.

Arbeloa believes Madrid's history in the competition is enough evidence to prove it is not out of the contest, despite Bayern's strengths.

"First of all, we are Real Madrid. If there is a team that comes to this stadium to turn things around, it's us," he said.

"We are a team that never gives up, the team with 15 European Cups. We are Real Madrid and we will return with our badge or on top of it.

"I don’t see that we need to perform any miracles. If we won the other day, it wouldn’t have been anything crazy.

"Their goalkeeper [Manuel Neuer] was the MVP. We are capable of doing it. Nobody who knows Real Madrid thinks that Real Madrid winning tomorrow will be a miracle."

Kane is enjoying a fine 2025-2026 campaign, which has seen him receive shouts to win the Ballon d'Or.

Kane has scored in his past four UEFA Champions League games, and could equal the longest scoring streak by an English player in the competition.

Jude Bellingham, Kane's England team-mate at international level, was full of praise for the Bayern striker.

"Whether he wins the Ballon d'Or depends on what his team does," the Madrid midfielder said.

"He's a fantastic player, and I think they're going to win the Bundesliga, even though it pains me because of my brother [Jobe, who plays for Borussia Dortmund].

"It's an honour to have him in the national team; he's shown how good he is. It's a pleasure to watch him play. Let's see if he can carry this over to the [FIFA] World Cup.

"I hope he doesn't show up, or that we know how to stop him."