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Arsenal reached the finals of UEFA Champions League in 2006, but has never won. Bayern Munich kick off and there are no changes of personnel on either team. Thomas Muller came off the bench to add a fifth for good measure and leave Gooners seething. 33 min: Alexis Sanchez gets booked for a foul on Javi Martinez after catching him late as the Bayern defender hacked a ball clear. They huff and puff, but Alexis Sanchez runs the ball out of play under pressure when Hector Bellerin was in a good position to receive a cross if the Chilean had seen him. Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. He couldnât have been afforded a more hospitable welcome. SUMMARY. He’s surrounded by a swarm of uncharacteristically industrious Arsenal players, who block his effort to play the ball through to Robert Lewandowski. 90+3 min: The camera cuts to Arsene Wenger on the Arsenal bench and he doesn’t look best pleased. Shkodran Mustafi was equally culpable â so, too, what passes for Arsenalâs midfield protection. If the Germans get so much as one on the break, Arsenal will need six to progress in normal time. 80 min: Robben and Philipp Lahm wreak a little more havoc. 82 min: Costa tries to curl one in at the back post after great work by Thiago. Here are all the highlights from the match. Xabi Alonso found Lewandowski and his backheel sent the ball into the path of Thiago Alcantara, whose shot defeated Ospina. Who knows how it would have panned out had Koscielny not pulled a hamstring and limped off soon after the restart. Certainly if Arsenal are without Laurent Koscielny, as now seems likely. This dominance made their second half collapse all the more spectacular, as Bayern ran amok after the departure through injury of Laurent Koscielny. Arjen Robben subsequently fired wide from a tight angle and screamed for a penalty as the ball went out for a corner off the hand of Gibbs. Lewandowski, attempting to clear, caught Koscielnyâs leg coming in on his blindside. 76 min: Arsenal last throw of the dice: Olivier Giroud on for Francois Coquelin. The result matched the 5-1 group-stage thrashing Arsenal received in Munich in November 2015 â the clubâs joint record away defeat in Europe. Events in the 88th minute, however, dampened the enthusiasm of even the most optimistic travellers. After 38 minutes the stats say 7 shots for Bayern and 5 for Arsenal. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is left puffing his cheeks out in frustration after spotting another dangerous run, but failing to play his team-mate in. Arsenal are thrashed 5-1 at the Allianz Arena for the second time in two visits and can consider themselves lucky to have conceded just five. He touched the ball around the corner with his heel, picking out a little run into space in the penalty area by Thiago. 29 min: A Robert Lewandowski shove on Laurent Koscielny in the Bayern penalty area results in a spot-kick for Arsenal. Carry on this way for much longer and they will have to begin mentioning a new annual event in pocket diaries. Bayern Munich have almost secured a passage to the next round after beating Arsenal 5-1 in the first leg of the Champions League Round of 16 tie on Wednesday.. Itâs the same pattern recurring again â Arsenal collapsed just when they needed to toughen up. Sanchez saw his initial penalty well-saved by Manuel Neuer but the goalkeeper could only beat the ball out... ...and while the Bayern defenders tried their best to suffocate the space for Sanchez, he squeezed in the rebound finish, Sanchez (partly obscured) evaded a group of closing-in Bayern defenders to shoot into the net on the rebound, Coquelin roars in the face of Sanchez as he and Xhaka congratulate the scorer on his finish from a tight angle, A Bayern Munich trio of Arturo Vidal, Robben and Hummels leap for a ball but get tangled up with two grounded players. Sanchez put his shot down the middle, a fraction to the left, where it was saved by Manuel Neuer. Bayern Munich destroyed Arsenal 5-1 again as Lewandowski, Robben, Douglas Costa and Vidal all scored goals to kill off Arsenal. 68 min: Ospina saves well again, throwing himself to his left to put a bouncing Vidal shot from distance around the upright. Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Bayern-Arsenal UEFA Champions League 2016/17 . He finished with ease into the corner, giving Ospina little or no chance. Bayern Munich beat them 5-1 here in the Champions League group stage in November 2015. Ospina saves brilliantly. FC Bayern München 5, Arsenal 1. Bayern beat Arsenal 5-1 in the first leg of the series in Munich. Arsenal must have spent the ⦠Kieran Gibbs takes the armband. 72 min: Olivier Giroud is readying himself to come on for Arsenal. He does splendidly to hook the ball back into the mixer, where Robert Lewandowski misses a fairly straightforward chance with his head. Bayern Munich - Wed Feb 15 - 19:45. Bayern Munichâs fifth goal was the killer, meaning Arsenal need to win the return leg 4-0. I have to say well done to Bayern ... they were better than us tonight. Something has to give. He gives the ball to The Ox who crosses it to the edge of the penalty area where Xhaka releases a fierce shot but straight at Neuer. Arjen Robbenâs superb curling shot gave Bayern the lead on 11 minutes, but Sanchez levelled by drilling home Manuel Neuerâs save from a penalty on 30 minutes. Arsenal went in at half-time drawing 1-1 and with a couple of chances to take the lead after that. The comments below have not been moderated. They don’t get one. Apps of the âBack 5â 239.2 128.8 110.4 Avg. Shrove Tuesday. arseblog - February 15, 2017. They havenât in the past and, anyway, no team with elite ambitions should be vulnerable to one stroke of bad luck. Bayern Munich humbled Arsenal in the first leg of the Champions League knockout clash at the Allianz Arena as goals from Arjen Robben, Robert Lewandowski, a brace by Thiago and Thomas Muller sealed a 5-1 ⦠Wenger wasn’t happy. It was another of those lessons learned. Bayern Arsenal Î Avg. February festival days. For those who enjoy clutching at straws, there was the moan that one of Munichâs goals came from a home goal-kick that started off as an Arsenal corner before the referee changed his mind. Perhaps not too happy, considering they took the lead through Lorenzo Insigne. It was a penalty, but a lucky one. LEWANDOWSKI! 60 min: It’s worth noting that in the immediate aftermath of Bayern’s second goal, Arsen Wenger gave the fourth official a load of abuse. Bayern Munich 5-1 Arsenal: Arjen Robben Robben opened the scoring for Bayern Munich with an exquisite first-half strike, which was cancelled out by Alexis Sanchez in a first half that Arsenal were dominating towards the end. He should have scored. He twanged that while chasing a through ball. FC Bayern München 5, Arsenal 1. Apps Back 5 @ 49â² 239.2 84.2 155.0 For each player in the starting XI (and then for Gabriel), the averages take into account First XI and substitute appearances in all ⦠Facebook. Thomas Muller on for Robert Lewandowski. 84 min: Bayern Munich substitutions: Joshua Kimmich on for Douglas Costa. It was a lovely cross from Philipp Lahm and Lewandowski successfully targeted the corner of goal with his header. Twitter. The Italians opened the scoring, but their hosts have equalised. Bayern Munich beat Arsenal 5-1 at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday, Feb. 15. Arsenal won the match 2â0 with goals from Olivier Giroud and Mesut Özil. Assisted by Thiago Alcántara. They’ll make all the right noises about trying to put things right in the second leg (they always do), but this team has no heart or backbone. Özil wins the ball and starts an Arsenal attack with Alexis. We need to recover and focus on our next game.”. “I think we were unlucky on the second goal - the referee gives a corner for us, the ball is on the pitch and we concede the second goal. Arsenal out of the Champions League day. Something is wrong. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. 63 min: Arsenal are in all sorts of disarray here and Thiago takes advantage. Bayern Munich 5-1 Arsenal â player ratings. We mentally collapsed.”, Asked if the loss of Koscielny is a good enough excuse, he adds: “Bayern is a better team than us. Ospina also had to make a brilliant save from point-blank range when Thiago sent a header his way from about five yards. Or at least appears to catch him late - replays suggest Martinez defender made a meal of the challenge. â#FCBARS 5-1.â, Ha bloody ha, as they probably donât say in front of Wenger any more.Â, Bhad Bhabie rapper launches OnlyFans days after turning 18, Kim Kardashian takes her kids on an epic adventure at a lagoon, White House hopeful Iran can return to compliance of nuclear deal, Xabi Alonso and David Alaba chase down Thiago in the jubilant Bayern celebrations during what proved to be a big win, Thomas Muller came off the bench and made it five for Bayern - finishing after Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain lost the ball, The jubilant substitute Muller celebrates with his team-mates after setting up a huge lead ahead of the second legÂ, It was a great night for Bayern Munich, who celebrated with their fans at the final whistle having taken a big first-leg lead, Bayern's official English-language Twitter account poked fun at Arsenal's past and present European humiliations. The closest analogy I can make, in terms of stats, is that Bayern beat Arsenal 5-1 in this match in the same manner that Arsenal beat West Ham 5-1 at home in the League in January of 2013. 83 min: Finally, some good news for Arsenal: Philipp Lahm is booked for a foul on Oxlade-Chamberlain and will now miss the second leg. Bayern 5-1 Arsenal-Match report. Out it came, straight to Sanchez, who swung and missed at the rebound. I felt the third goal was a killer for our players because after that we had no response. Allianz Arena. Your support powers our independent journalism, Available for everyone, funded by readers. 2016/17, Round of 16, 1st leg. At the third time of asking, under pressure from a defender with the ball bouncing away from the goal, he swivels on one foot and smashes diagonal volley into the bottom left-hand corner. To be fair, Ospina probably couldnât even have reached this one standing on Cechâs shoulders. Arsenal. 39 min: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain picks out a run from Granit Xhaka towards the edge of the penalty area with a cross from the right and tees up the Swiss international. Bayern remained in first place. He then took the ball away from goal with his chest and his finish from there was perfect â a shot on the spin into the far corner. His low effort takes a deflection and fizzes past the wrong-footed Ospina. 74 min: Bayern continue to put the hurt on Arsenal and their fans appeal for a penalty after a Mustafi challenge on Lewandowski in the penalty area. 38 min: It may have taken him three bites of the kartoffelkloesse but Alexis Sanchez’s finish for that equaliser was outstanding. This is what Arsenal are reduced to now – a rehab facility for seriously out-of-form strikers who need to rebuild their confidence. His first duty is to help defend a corner., from which David Ospina ends up getting a bang on the jaw as he dives at the feet of Lewandowski. UEFA Champions League. Our chief football correspondent Daniel Taylor was at the Allianz Arena and typed his fingers to the bone to bring you this on-the-whistle match report. Unused subs: Ulreich, Bernat, Coman, Sanches. Valentineâs Day. 149. All rights reserved. He’s holding his shoulder and looks in considerable distress. They canât be happy for this to continue indefinitely. It was a simple missed kick. Over the bar and a real let-off for Arsenal. You can follow that one by clicking on this link. Within 14 minutes it was 4-1 to Bayern, another collapse of a type Arsenal fans know only too well. Apps at kick-off 173.5 118.7 54.8 Avg. Claret everywhere. Arsenal pretty much fell apart. It was a gutless display, but that won’t come as any great shock to seasoned Arsenal-watchers. 2017 Fußball Arena München - Munich. Well, as good as. At the end of this season, Wenger and his employers have a decision to make. Arsenal crashed out of the Champions League at the last-16 stage for a seventh consecutive season after another 5-1 thrashing at the hands of Bayern Munich at the Emirates Stadium. By. 35 min: Arjen Robben leads the protests as Bayern appeal for a penalty for handball as the ball hits Hector Bellerin’s hand. Would Arsenal have held on? MUNICH (AP) â Bayern Munich answered its critics with a comprehensive 5-1 rout of Arsenal in the first leg of their Champions League clash to put one foot in ⦠I think the most important thing in the second half is we lost Koscielny very early and it looked like we collapsed. Bayern Munich 5-1 Arsenal: Arjen Robben Robben opened the scoring for Bayern Munich with an exquisite first-half strike, which was cancelled out by Alexis Sanchez in a first half that Arsenal ⦠45 min: Mesut Ozil shoots straight at Manuel Neuer from close range after being presented with a glorious scoring opportunity. Bayern Munich (4-2-3-1): Neuer 7; Lahm 8.5, Hummels 7.5, Martinez 7, Alaba 7; Alonso 8, Vidal 7.5; Robben 8.5 (Rafinha 88mins), Thiago 9, Costa 7 (Kimmich 84); Lewandowski 8.5 (Muller 86). 28 min: Ozil takes the free-kick, curls it around the wall and into the arms of Neuer, who spills the ball. Mesut Ozil had a chance to put Arsenal ahead as he broke through down the left side of the area but his shot was stopped, Koscielny had to be withdrawn after suffering a hamstring injury that led to substitute Gabriel replacing him, Arsenal were promptly punished as Lewandowski climbed highest at the back post to head Philipp Lahm's cross in, Lewandowski raises his hands to his ears in celebration after giving Bayern the lead having missed a host of earlier chances. It wasnât substitute Gabrielâs fault. 'Arsene Wenger must be considering his future... that was... Bayern Munich 5-1 Arsenal PLAYER RATINGS: Thiago Alcantara... Arsenal surrender to Bayern Munich leaves stalwart Alexis... 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MUNICH (AP) â Bayern Munich answered its critics with a comprehensive 5-1 rout of Arsenal in the first leg of their Champions League clash to move a ⦠A brilliant goal from Bayern Munich, who lead by two goals. 51 min: Bayern advance with Philipp Lahm on the ball and heading towards the penalty area. The ball flew into the top corner past David Ospina. Peep! Arsenal (4-4-1-1): Ospina 5.5; Bellerin 5.5, Mustafi 5.5, Koscielny 6 (Gabriel 49, 5.5), Gibbs 4.5; Oxlade-Chamberlain 5.5, Xhaka 5.5, Coquelin 4 (Giroud 77), Iwobi 4 (Walcott 66, 5.5); Ozil 5.5; Sanchez 6.5. Still, there is a rule against it and Serbian referee Milorad Mazic was right to point to the spot. It’s all square at the Allianz Arena: Arjen Robben fired Bayern ahead with a fine curled effort after being given the freedom of Munich to set himself up for a shot, but it’s advantage Arsenal after Alexi Sanchez who missed from the spot but eventually scored with his second follow-up effort. Arsene Wenger chose to leave his usual No 1 Petr Cech on the bench, again calling on David Ospina in the cup competitions, Bayern winger Robben tries to dart his way around the standing challenge of Granit Xhaka in the early stages, Francis Coquelin could only watch as Robben fired into the top-left corner having cut in from Bayern's right-hand side, Mats Hummels led the congratulations for Robben after he had put the German champions ahead in the 11th minute, Arsenal's German defender Mustafi fouls Thiago as the Gunners found themselves on the back-foot from early on, Arsenal won a penalty when Lewandowski kicked the boot of Laurent Koscielny inside his own area on 30 minutes, Referee Milorad Mazic is surrounded by Bayern players looking to appeal his decision to give Arsenal the penalty, 200 - Arsenal became the first English side to concede 200 goals in the Champions LeagueÂ. Except they donât learn. You can follow that one by clicking on this link. Unused subs: Cech, Monreal, Elneny, Welbeck. Chamberlain gets caught in possession by Kimmich, who plays the ball across the edge of the Arsenal penalty area. You can probably fill in the rest from there, we have all seen it so many times â although apparently Francis Coquelin hadnât. Some analysis: After a poor start, when it looked like they might be over-run, Arsenal have grown into this game. Arjen Robbenâs superb curling shot gave Bayern the lead on 11 minutes, but Sanchez levelled by drilling home Manuel Neuerâs save from a penalty on 30 minutes. For 45 minutes there was some vague hope. Even so, scored against the balance of play, Arsenalâs equaliser was the embodiment of perseverance and the old adage that if at first you donât succeed, try and try again â Alexis Sanchezâs penalty going in at the third time of asking. Might it be the last time under Wenger, though? Robert Lewandowski, who bullied Mustafi all night, headed Bayern back into the lead and then the outstanding Thiago Alcantara added two more. WhatsApp. 36 min: Chance! 5 1. When the pressure is on against the elite of Europe, Arsenal collapse. Lahm it was who lofted in the cross and drifting away from the penalty spot, Lewandowski rose higher than Mustafi and headed across the face of goal and inside the right post. 58 min: Thiago Alcantara has been outstanding tonight and deserves that goal. 61 min: Granit Xhaka gets booked for a crude challenge on Xabi Alonso. 54 min: A goal from a wonderful counter-attack, where Lahm and Robben ripped Arsenal apart down the right flank once again. If he does, he’ll be mistaken on a number of levels, one of them being that the decision in question was correct. 44 min: Mats Hummels skims a header wide after a free-kick from deep is lofted towards the far post. This was Bayern's first loss of the season in all competitions. My tentative guess is that he’ll blame this slaughter on what he saw to be a poor decision from the referee in the build-up to Bayern’s second goal. Munich hit the bar after a scramble, Ospina tipped one from Robben around a post, a Douglas Costa shot deflected just wide. Enjoy ... “It’s difficult to explain,” he says to BT Sport’s Des Kelly, when asked to explain where it all went wrong. For the realists, there was Munichâs darkly mocking tweet. No penalty is forthcoming and Bayern have to settle for a corner. Arsenal substitute I haven’t had a chance to mention before this: Theo Walcott on for Alex Iwobi. 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Goal: Robben 11, Lewandowski 53, Thiago 56, 63, Muller 88. It finds its way to Muller, who dummies, shuffles to his left and rifles the ball into the bottom left-hand corner. It was a wonderful team effort: from deep in midfield, Alonso played a low pass towards Lewandowski on the edge of the penalty area with his back to goal. They downed tools and gave up tonight. Bayern Munich 5-1 Arsenal: Thiago hits a double and Arjen Robben, Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Muller grab goals as Arsene Wenger's team collapse. His volley is sweet, but straight at Neuer, who finally manages to hold on to the ball. He had five defenders around him when he hooked his side into the most slender of leads in this tie. Ospina got caught in no-man’s land and was lucky not to get caught out when Lewandowski lofted a chip on to the crossbar. He limped off after 49 minutes with what seemed like a hamstring injury, the score tied 1-1. Assisted by Douglas Costa following a fast break. 15 Feb 2017. Just donât ask him to repeat it. By Nik Brumsack at Allianz Arena. They’ve had five shots on target compared to Bayern’s three and they’re looking reasonably confident. It could have been six or seven from there. 65 min: Prior to that goal, Bayern missed another couple of decent chances and had a penalty appeal turned down. Bayern extended their Champions League record to 16 straight home wins by flooring the Gunners with three goals in ten second-half minutes. The ball’s half cleared and subsequently curled towards the byline, where Arturo Vidal has got in behind the Arsenal defence. 49 min: Arsenal substitution: Laurent Koscielny off with a hamstring injury. I donât just mean in terms of the score line, Arsenal have had some great scoring matches since then, I mean in terms of every stat. 25 min: In tonight’s other match, it’s currently Real Madrid 1-1 Napoli. Ospina, however, did look rather flat-footed and appeared to slip at a vital moment, too. 46 min: Both sets of players come out and take up position and eventually the match officials deign to join them. He was a controversial selection ahead of Petr Cech. Same again for the fourth, another shot from Thiago, this time through a mess of players, the ball clipping Granit Xhaka and sending Ospina the wrong way. He looked seriously rattled and defeat in their next match: away at Sutton United in the FA Cup could finish him off altogether. Thiago then broke through for Bayern after a Lewandowski backheel, placing his finish beyond Arsenal keeper Ospina, Spanish playmaker Thiago wheels away to celebrate his goal with the Arsenal defence vanquished behind him, The former Barcelona man's second goal of the game came as he shot at goal and saw the effort deflected in off Xhaka. SUMMARY. 88 min: Oh dear. Having had Bayern in all sorts of bother at the end of a first half, they were torn apart in the second half. Yet every year is going to be different; every humiliation will be a lesson learned. Bayern Munich. Against a dominant Bayern Munich side who were irresistible going forward, the Gunners were blown away by their slick, incisive hosts in the first half. Robben has a shot tipped behind for a corner, before the pair combine again down the right to win another one. Published: 16:35 EDT, 15 February 2017 | Updated: 04:36 EDT, 16 February 2017. âSame again next year?â it read. Robert Lewandowski scented blood like a shark, Bayernâs forwards descended on Arsenal like a school of peckish piranhas. It was carnage. 26 min: Mats Hummels is penalised and booked for fouling Alexis Sanchez on the edge of the Bayern penalty area.