Bayern Munich 5-1 Arsenal: Gunners on the brink of CL elimination
Two weeks ago was such a simple, innocent
time for Arsenal fans who had just seen their
beloved Gunners knock off big, bad Bayern
Munich , 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium. It would
be the result and performance to get their
floundering UEFA Champions League
campaign back on track, or so we all thought.
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Now, let’s fast forward to Wednesday’s return
matchup at the Allianz Arena, where Pep
Guardiola’s Bayern exacted their revenge, to the
tune of 5-1 on Arsene Wenger ‘s Arsenal, thanks
to goals scored by Robert Lewandowski,
Thomas Mueller (twice), David Alaba and Arjen
Robben.
Lewandowski gave Bayern an early lead, 10
minutes on the clock, when he headed home
Thiago Alcantara’s clever chip over the Arsenal
defense. Lewandowski timed his far-post run
perfectly, leaving Gabriel Paulista for dead
before flicking Thiago’s cross past Petr Cech for
the game’s opening goal.
WATCH: Thiago finds Lewandowski, who
stays onside and heads in the opening
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Arsenal hit back immediately, barely a minute
later, but Mesut Ozil’s goal was correctly ruled
out for handball as the German international
appeared to intentionally redirect Nacho
Monreal ‘s cross with his arm.
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Mueller doubled Bayern’s lead just before the
half-hour mark when his side-volleyed effort
took a deflection off Per Mertesacker, wrong-
footing Cech, and snuck inside the near post.
Kingsley Coman was credited with the assist for
his wayward volley of Douglas Costa’s lofted
cross.
WATCH: Thomas Müller doubles Bayern's
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Alaba made it 3-0 just before halftime with a
stunning strike from 22 yards out ( WATCH
HERE). Acting momentarily as a center forward,
the Austrian defender/midfielder/could-also-be-
a-forward capped a dominant first-half Bayern
performance with his first goal of the season.
Robben’s left-footed finish (what else?) in the
55th minute made it 4-0. Alaba broke down the
left wing in the build-up, crossed to the top of
the six-yard box and Robben, who entered the
game seconds earlier, hammered the ball past
Cech into the roof of the Arsenal ‘keeper’s goal.
Arjen Robben scores on his first touch off
the bench as Bayern take 4-0 lead on
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Arsenal’s consolation goal came through Olivier
Giroud, who chested down Alexis Sanchez’s
cross and applied the acrobatic finish from 12
yards out in the 69th minute.
Lovely finish from Olivier Giroud, though
it's too little too late for Arsenal vs
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Mueller grabbed his second goal of the game in
the 90 minute, when he was played in behind
the Arsenal defense by Douglas Costa, raced
into the penalty area and beat Cech with a low
shot to the near post.
Muller provides the icing on the cake for
Bayern Munich as they get a fifth goal vs
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Through four group games, Bayern (9 points) sit
atop Group F, three points ahead of Olympiacos,
and six ahead of joint-bottom Arsenal and
Dinamo Zagreb. Arsenal must win their final two
group games (home to Zagreb and away to
Olympiacos) to avoid missing the knockout
stage for the first time since 2003.
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