Bayern Munich exhibits a master class against ten men Arsenal
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| David Alaba, Robben, Arturo Vidal and Xabi Alonso help Robert Lewandosiki to celebrate his goal against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium (Sky Sports) |
It was Déjà vu at the
Emirates Stadium as Arsenal were handed a five goal thrashing in their second
leg round of 16 clash against Bayern Munich to crash out of the UEFA Champions League.
The odds were against Arsene Wenger’s men in this duel, to progress to the next
stage of the competition, they had to overcome a four goal deficit; a feat that
has never been achieved by any club in the history of the competition.
The fully packed Emirates
stadium was given a glimmer of hope when Theo Walcott opened the scoring with
an immaculate finish in the 20th minute to make it 5-2 on aggregate on
the break.
The tie slipped away from
the Gunners when centre back Laurent koscielny got sent off after handling the
ball inside the penalty area. Initially the match official had awarded the
French international with a yellow card but changed his decision seconds later
after a short consultation with his assistant, a decision which left Arsene
Wenger furious. Robert Lewandonski made
no mistake from the penalty spot to make it one all on the night and 6-2 on
aggregate.
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| A demoralized looking Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain after the 5-1 trashing they suffered in the hands of Bayern Munich at the Emerates Stadium in London |
That controversial spell was
followed by a master class performance from Carlo Ancelotti’s men as they went
on to score three goals in 12 minutes. The flying Dutch man, Arjen Robben
scored the first followed by midfielder Arturo Vidal who begged himself a
brace.
Arsenal was presented with a
couple of opportunities to restore parity but poor finishing let them down. The
tie was put to bed by Douglas Costa in the 81st minute to make it
5-1 on the night and 10-2 on aggregate. This result came at the wrong time for
Wenger as many are calling for his head.
In other results, 11 time
champions Real Madrid came back from a goal down to beat Napoli 3-1 on the
night and 6-2 on aggregate to progress to the quarter finals thanks to skipper
Sergio Ramos who netted twice in six minutes.
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