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Heynckes won't underestimate Basle Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes believes some good may have come out of his side's 0-0 draw with Freiburg at the weekend as they prepare to face Basle in the Champions League.

That result saw Bayern fall four points behind Borussia Dortmund at the top of the Bundesliga, increasing the importance of the clash in Switzerland as they look to avoid a repeat of last year's trophyless season.

It also showed Heynckes that there is no such thing as an easy game.

"We will not be underestimating Basle, especially after last Saturday," he said.

"Basle have impressed me with the way they have put together a well-organised side with a good mixture of experienced players, some of whom have played in the Bundesliga, and talented young players who have a big career ahead of them." One of those players is Xherdan Shaqiri, who has already agreed to join Bayern from Basle in the summer.

However, the Switzerland international says he has no point to prove.

"I think I have already impressed them enough," he said. "I am concentrating on playing for FC Basle." Bayern could do with Shaqiri now as they are currently suffering without Bastian Schweinsteiger, who will also be absent.

David Alaba should take his place again, but Austria's player of the year still lacks the same experience and aura of Bayern and Germany's vice-captain.

"Alaba has shown that we can cover for him to a certain extent, but Bastian is our brains," said Heynckes.

"Schweinsteiger plays a big role for us. When Schweini was 20, he was not as influential as he was when he was 25 either.

"We need to work as a collective and talk more on the field to get back to where we were, and to where we want to be." Basle coach Heiko Vogel says he is paying no attention to Bayern's recent league results.

"This is the Champions League, not the Bundesliga," he said. "We have got to concentrate on our own strengths and not what happened against Freiburg, Stuttgart or Kaiserslautern.

"They have no influence on this game. This is Basle against Bayern.

Basle vs Bayern Munich

Last modified 22:02 22/02/12

Stocker earns Basle historic win Valentin Stocker scored four minutes from time to give Basle a famous 1-0 victory over Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League clash at St Jakob-Park.

Stocker was left unmarked to slot the ball between Manuel Neuer's legs in a match where neither defence covered itself in glory.

The first half was breathless with both sides coming close and Basle twice hitting the woodwork but it was the Swiss side who eventually prevailed to take a narrow lead to Munich.

The Bundesliga side raced out of the blocks with Franck Ribery a constant menace in the early minutes.

The France international could have given Bayern an early lead in the third minute when he chested the ball down on the right-hand side of the six-yard box before transferring the ball on to his left foot and unleashing a half-volley which Yans Sommer did well to block.

Bayern were then grateful to Jerome Boateng whose perfectly-timed tackle on Xherdan Shakiri stopped the Switzerland midfielder when he would have done better to have shot first time.

Ribery had another chance to put the visitors ahead in the 12th minute when he received the ball unmarked on the left side of the area. However, rather than shooting across the goalkeeper he chose to aim for the near post allowing Sommer to make the save.

It was a breathless opening to the game with the hosts also showing as an attacking force.

Marco Streller's flick was pushed over by Neuer, who was rescued by the woodwork moments later when an unmarked Alexsander Dragovic sent a firm header in on goal which hit the keeper on the forearm before coming off the inside of the post with Holger Badstuber clearing off the line.

Just three minutes later Basle hit the woodwork again when Alexander Frei got between two defenders but his first-time left-footed shot hit the bar.

Sommer did well to intercept David Alaba's shot with the ball swerving at the last minute before Ribery unleashed another shot to test the goalkeeper. The second half showed little of the space both teams had found in attack with the defences far tighter.

Philipp Lahm tested Sommer with a fierce shot from distance which was pushed away for a corner before Mario Gomez was thwarted when he beat the offside trap and attempted to push the ball across the goal but the keeper stood up as the Bayern player shot at him.

Robben was blocked by Dragovic as he attempted to squirm free in the six-yard box and it was Bayern who were on top.

However, that was before Stocker's intervention with four minutes left.

Jacques Zoua ran from right to left along the edge of the area without any real challenge and passed the ball to Stocker on his left. He had lost his marker and he slotted home through Neuer's legs.