Munich: Bayern Munich will not accredit reporters of English tabloid newspapers The Sun and Daily Mirror for a Champions League return leg against Manchester United over what the treble winners call offensive reporting after their 1-1 draw this week.
Bayern host United next week in the return leg of the Champions League quarter-final with the Germans favourites to advance despite midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger missing the second leg after being red-carded at Old Trafford.
"After the first leg both English media reported about our player Bastian Schweinsteiger in a discriminatory and personally insulting manner," Bayern said in a statement on Thursday.
"Bayern Munich does not accept this kind of reporting and condemns it sharply."
The two newspapers had run similar headlines following the last-minute sending off of Schweinsteiger for a foul on Wayne Rooney using the German word for pig which is 'Schwein'.
"You dirty Schwein," read the Mirror's headline with a picture of Schweinsteiger. The Sun's headline read "You Schwein."
The headlines caused a stir in Germany this week.
"Bayern Munich will not give representatives of the Daily Mirror and The Sun accreditations for the return leg on April 9," said Bayern.
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