That’s all from me. Congratulations to Arsenal for yet another brilliant performance in Europe. Spare a thought for Michael Olise, who not only has to wrap his head around that defeat but also the ribbing he will no doubt be getting (possibly in person) from former Crystal Palace teammate Eberechi Eze.
Thanks for reading, and for all your emails. Until next time! Cheers.
“I agree with you that the Gunners are the best side in Europe right now, and I say this as a perennial glass-half-empty Arsenal fan,” emails Kári Tulinius. “But at this point last season, the eventual champions of Europe [PSG] were struggling to get out of the group stage. Peaking at the right time is crucial to winning the Champions League. To give the glass-half-full argument, it’s equally important to build a strong squad, and no squad is stronger than Arteta’s.”
Mikel Arteta, Arsenal manager, speaks to TNT:
We dominated the game. It will bring more confidence and trust to the players. With all the changes we made, with the injuries, I’m so pleased. From every situation, we want to be a danger: set pieces, on the counter.
I don’t know [about winning the Champions League]. We have a really good record so far. But we now have to prepare to go to Stamford Bridge.
“I was sure that Madueke would be out injured for a lot longer,” emails Neal Butler. “As a Chelsea supporter, I don’t follow the Arsenal’s injury list so it’s lovely to see him back and scoring. I was disappointed to see him sold in the summer, and very happy to see him prove the doubters wrong. As long as he takes it easy on Sunday!”
I thought that Madueke got a lot of unnecessary criticism upon signing for Arsenal, although £50m+ did seem a little steep for a player that didn’t regularly start for Chelsea. But fair play to the 23-year-old, Madueke was in superb form (including for England) before his injury and seems to have hit the ground running on his return. Thomas Tuchel was in the Emirates stands this evening, by the way.
As mentioned above, Arsenal’s next test is a trip to Stamford Bridge to face a resurgent Chelsea, who might be able to call on Cole Palmer.
Declan Rice, probably Arsenal’s best player tonight, speaks to TNT:
Bayern have been the best team in Europe. It’s the toughest game tactically we’ve played this season. They way they move us around, it took a lot of communication. When they drop deep, it’s so hard to pick them up. We started zonal, but went man-for-man with them.
Zubimendi has been so easy to play with. Normally it takes a while to build a connection, obviously we only signed him in the summer. But our understanding is outstanding. I knew we were going to be play good football together. He’s Spain’s No 6. We all trust him with the ball. We feel so confident with him, he’s an unbelievable player.
Set pieces are a great way to open up a game, especially against Bayern. We have world-class delivery, which is so important. We don’t actually get to work on them that much, because of the game schedule. Obviously people are going to have their say on us and set pieces.
There are a lot more leaders in the team now. They know what it takes to play for this club. We are just taking it one game at a time. The mentality is different this year. We have a hunger and desire to win every game.
Ed Aarons' match report from the Emirates
And here’s what those results do to the table. Arsenal are top after five wins from five. Bayern remain well poised to finish in the top eight and qualify automatically for the knockout rounds without going into the playoffs. A reminder that 16 points was enough last season to finish in the top eight. Three matches remain in the league phase.
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Arsenal | 5 | 13 | 15 |
| 2 | PSG | 5 | 11 | 12 |
| 3 | Bayern Munich | 5 | 9 | 12 |
| 4 | Inter Milan | 5 | 9 | 12 |
| 5 | Real Madrid | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 6 | Borussia Dortmund | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | Chelsea | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| 8 | Sporting | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| 9 | Man City | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 10 | Atalanta | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Newcastle | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| 12 | Atletico Madrid | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 13 | Liverpool | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 14 | Galatasaray | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 15 | PSV | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| 16 | Tottenham Hotspur | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 17 | Bayer Leverkusen | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 18 | Barcelona | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 19 | Qarabag FK | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 20 | Napoli | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 21 | Marseille | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| 22 | Juventus | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 23 | Monaco | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 24 | AE Pafos | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 25 | Union Saint Gilloise | 5 | -7 | 6 |
| 26 | Club Brugge | 5 | -5 | 4 |
| 27 | Athletic Bilbao | 5 | -5 | 4 |
| 28 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 5 | -7 | 4 |
| 29 | Copenhagen | 5 | -7 | 4 |
| 30 | Benfica | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 31 | Slavia Prague | 5 | -6 | 3 |
| 32 | Bodo/Glimt | 5 | -4 | 2 |
| 33 | Olympiacos | 5 | -8 | 2 |
| 34 | Villarreal | 5 | -8 | 1 |
| 35 | FC Kairat | 5 | -10 | 1 |
| 36 | Ajax | 5 | -15 | 0 |
Champions League: all the full-time scores
Here are all the results from around the continent. It was quite the night: Liverpool losing 4-1 to PSV, Atlético scoring a 93rd-minute winner against Inter, Real Madrid and PSG winning thrillers against Olympiakos and Tottenham respectively.
Scott Murray rounded up the best action in his clockwatch. Join him for live reaction and analysis.
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“There’s something of the Nwankwo Kanu about Martinelli at the moment: excellent player, but they look at the very edge of control on the ball,” emails Tom Atkins. “Neuer was fooled by a touch off Martinelli’s thigh that looked so clumsy he could never have predicted it. Hard to know what a player will do next if they don’t know themselves.”
I think Tom is being a little harsh about Martinelli’s touch – I think the Brazilian saw Neuer coming and took that touch deliberately – but it’s a good point overall. Martinelli is certainly unpredictable and not always in a good way. He’s had some fine days in an Arsenal shirt but is much more suited to coming off the bench these days, where he can use his pace to exploit the spaces later in the game.
It feels like an obvious point to make, but Arsenal’s strength in depth is a huge reason why they won this game. In years gone by, they were not able to bring anyone off the bench anywhere near the quality of Madueke, Calafiori and Martinelli. All three of those players had a direct hand in turning the game in Arsenal’s favour.
Compare the benches this evening. Bayern had a very strong XI but nobody that could change the game.
Arsenal: Arrizabalaga, Setford, White, Hincapie, Odegaard, Martinelli, Norgaard, Madueke, Nwaneri, Calafiori.
Bayern: Ulreich, Urbig, Kim, Goretzka, Jackson, Bischof, Ito, Guerreiro, Boey, Mike.
Noni Madueke, who scored his first goal for Arsenal (and his first in the Champions League), speaks to TNT:
I just want to thank my lord and my saviour, Jesus Christ. Sometimes as an attacker, you just want to hit the ground running, but that’s not always possible.
This is an incredible statement [win]. But we know the work we put in. We go into these games with confidence. My teammates and the staff have real belief in me. I just want to help Arsenal win trophies.
Full-time: Arsenal 3-1 Bayern Munich
The Gunners keep their 100% record in the Champions League. They are the only team in this year’s competition to have won all five of their matches. What a performance.
90+3 min: The game is dead, but Arsenal’s fans continue to boo Harry Kane.
90+2 min: Bayern have a shot! It’s a hopeful one from Kim, blasted well over the bar, after the ball fell to the South Korean defender on the edge of Arsenal’s box.
90 min: Four minutes added on.
88 min: Arsenal are successfully killing the game. Bayern have the ball but have not created anything. Zubimendi and Rice have been outstanding in front of that imposing Arsenal back four.
86 min: Arsenal are the best side in Europe right now. Bayern are well beaten here. Barcelona were the same last night at Chelsea. Real Madrid are currently struggling to beat Olympiakos, and PSG are labouring to a win over Tottenham. Liverpool are 4-1 down to PSV.
84 min: To give you some idea of how close Kane is to scoring a seventh goal against Arsenal at the Emirates, the Bayern forward is dropping so deep that he is often picking the ball up in his own half. Bayern do not look like they are getting back into this.
82 min: Both sides make changes. Arsenal bring on Ben White for Timber, and Odegaard for Eze.
Bayern make a triple change, but it’s surely too late? Goretzka for Kimmich, Guerreiro for the lively Karl and Kim Min-jae for the booked Upamecano.
There were a couple of subs that I missed earlier: Bischof for the booked Laimer and Jackson for Gnabry, who was poor on his return to the Emirates, save for that sumptuous assist for Bayern’s goal.
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80 min: This will be a statement win for Arsenal, if things stay like this. “Are you Tottenham in disguise?” taunt the home crowd.
78 min: That’s the life of a high-octane sweeper keeper. You cannot get everything right. But wonderful from Arsenal, who invited pressure and stung Bayern with a bit of brilliance from both Eze and Martinelli.
GOAL! Arsenal 3-1 Bayern Munich (Martinelli 76)
Bayern have their first spell of possession in seemingly hours, but as they press forward, Arsenal hit the visitors on the counter! On the edge of Arsenal’s box, the ball falls to Eze, who instantly loops a long ball over the top to Martinelli. The Brazilian has only the sluggish Kimmich for company and latches onto the ball before taking a heavy touch to take it around Neuer! The Bayern keeper had come 40 yards out of his goal to try and mop up the danger but got nowhere near the ball, and Martinelli taps a finish into the empty net!
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74 min: Booking for Saliba, although I have to admit that I missed what it was for. I should also mention that both managers, Arteta and Kompany, are also on yellow cards. Both remain extremely animated in their technical areas.
72 min: You wouldn’t know from listening to the Bayern away fans, who have been constant in their noise and verve, but their side has been a shadow of themselves this second half. Arsenal have been utterly relentless, with their energy and their pressing. Rice is at the heart of everything for Arsenal. It was he that won the ball back before Calafiori swung in the cross.
70 min: Fair play to Arteta, whose subs and tactical tinkering directly led to that goal.
GOAL! Arsenal 2-1 Bayern Munich (Madueke 69)
Calafiori makes an instant impact, whipping an outrageous cross low across Bayern’s box. Madueke, who had just switched to the right wing following the departure of Saka, steals in at the back post to tap the ball into the net and the Emirates erupts! That was coming.
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66 min: Arteta and Arsenal make an immediate change, as Lewis-Skelly is hooked for Calafiori. Not really a surprise. Martinelli is also on for Saka, which is a surprise.
64 min: Not for the first time tonight, Lewis-Skelly is beaten by Olise, who jinks to the byline but can’t quite get a clean shot off. Groans from the crowd as Lewis-Skelly was left for dead, which will not have escaped Arteta.
62 min: Rice takes the ball beautifully from Madueke and sets off on one of those powerful runs, leaving Kimmich in the dust and streaming beyond Tah. Rice just has Neuer to beat … but the big German sticks out a boot and makes a vital save with his left foot. The ball pinballs across the six-yard box but Saka can’t turn the ball into the open net! It just came at Saka too quickly, but that was still a golden chance. How are Arsenal not ahead?!
60 min: Bayern are really under the pump here, especially from Arsenal’s set pieces. Upamecano, already on a yellow card remember, leaves Madueke in a heap on the touchline, and the Frenchman is perhaps a little lucky to escape a sending off. From the resulting free-kick, Rice sends another brilliant missile into the box, bouncing and swirling around before Mosquera forces Neuer into a point-blank save! Instinctive stuff from the Bayern legend to keep the scores level!
58 min: Merino goes soooooooo close to giving Arsenal the lead again. The chance comes from – get this – a corner, with Merino afforded a free run a the cross but he glances his header just wide from six yards out! It seemed easier to score. A lucky escape for Bayern.
57 min: A little scare for Arsenal, as Karl skips beyond Lewis-Skelly but the Bayern teenager can only shoot straight at Raya. Karl couldn’t quite get it out of his feet when he was running at full pace.
55 min: Free header for Merino! Bayern defend another Arsenal corner easily enough, with Kane nodding away at the near post but the Gunners come roaring back as Saka pings a lovely cross to Merino at the back post … but the Spaniard heads straight at Neuer.
53 min: “Has anyone looked at the fits of Vincent Kompany,” emails Akshat Srivastava. “I am not certain that the Y-3 hat and baggy-fit denims are manager regulations. He looks like he is ready to hit the clubs after the game.”
Worth remembering that Kompany is still (just) in his thirties. Are nightclubs off limits to people in their thirties? Asking for a friend.
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51 min: Arsenal corner. Kompany is visibly nervous, barking instructions to anyone that will listen, his players, the fourth official. The German side are really struggling to cope with Arsenal’s set pieces – but then, so does everyone else – and Saka bends a pearler towards the six-yard box. Merino rises, but just gets a little nudge from Tah and can’t quite connect with the header. If he did, that would surely have been a goal.
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49 min: More chaos in Bayern’s box as the ball goes loose and another botched clearance. No idea what he is doing back there, but Kane calmly heads the ball back to Neuer to quell the danger for Bayern.
48 min: A very nervy start from Bayern with Kimmich skewing a clearance straight into the path of Saka, who takes a touch and zings a shot at Neuer. The ball was rising towards the crossbar but the big German keeper took no chances, tipping it over the bar.
Peeeeeeeep!
The second half is underway.
Half-time reading:
Half-time scores in the Champions League
Some interesting scorelines! Real Madrid went behind at Olympiakos before Kylian Mbappé hit a first-half hat-trick. Richarlison gave Spurs a lead before Vitinha equalised just before the break. Liverpool are being held by PSV, potentially more bad news for Arne Slot.
Half-time: Arsenal 1-1 Bayern Munich
Proper football, that.
47 min: Karl is class, pass it on. The Bayern youngster traps a lofted pass and turns earns a bit of space in one Zidane-esque movement. Not too far away from this video. Woof.
45 min: So nearly calamity for Arsenal and Saliba, who sends a clearance into the backside of Zubimendi. The ball threatens to fall kindly to Kane, all alone inside Arsenal’s area, but Raya is sharp in coming off his line to smother it.
Three minutes added on here.
43 min: A booking for Laimer, who got a bit too intimate with Saka’s shirt after the Englishman had turned nicely. That’s a valuable yellow card from Arsenal’s point of view. Saka now knows that Laimer is one sloppy tackle away from being sent off.
41 min: After a topsy-turvy half in which both sides have flickered and flustered, Arsenal and Bayern have finally settled into something of an equilibrium just before half-time. This is finely poised.
39 min: Kane gives Saliba the slip with a turn for the ages. Just a shame from Bayern’s persepective that he doesn’t have the pace to sprint clear into the open space in behind as a wounded Saliba catches the Englishman with ease.
37 min: It looks like Trossard has pulled a muscle. Yep, he’s going to have to come off. The Belgian is replaced by Madueke. A shame for Arsenal – they will miss Trossard’s intelligent scheming –but at least they will have more pace and dynamism down that left flank.
35 min: Bayern so nearly make it two! Now it’s Arsenal who are on the ropes as Stanisic bombs forward. It’s three on two in Bayern’s favour and with Kane and Karl to his right, Stanisic opts to shoot, dragging his shot wide! Kompany will be fuming.
GOAL! Arsenal 1-1 Bayern Munich (Karl 33)
Out of nothing, Bayern are level! Kimmich plays an inch-perfect diag over the head of Lewis-Skelly and into the path of Gnabry, who beats the offside trap. Gnabry touches a perfect first-time pass square to Karl, who volleys a finish into the roof of the net from the penalty spot. Arsenal are stunned, the first goal they have conceded in this year’s Champions League, but that was a goal jam-packed full of elite quality.
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30 min: Sensational from Eze! Arsenal’s derby hero brings the ball out of the sky with the most delicate of touches, like he’s trapping a beanbag with a velvet slipper, nutmegs Upamecano, plays a one-two with Merino and opts to square a pass to Saka when the shot was definitely on. Saka can’t get on the end of the pass and the chance goes begging! Shoot, Eze!
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28 min: Arsenal are transformed since their goal. Karl and Kane can’t get in the game. Eze turns nicely and Arsenal beat Bayern’s press with ease.
26 min: A couple of nervy backpasses from both sides. Neuer won’t thank Pavlovic for a waist-high pass, but the 39-year-old deals with it well. Zubimendi is also fortunate that a wayward volley finds the head of Mosquera before finding the hands of Raya.
24 min: Another Arsenal free-kick as Upamecano upends Trossard and earns a yellow card. Bayern look flustered.
GOAL! Arsenal 1-0 Bayern Munich (Timber 22)
Who needs Gabriel Magalhães? Saka whips in a peach of a corner to the near post. There are so many bodies in there, perhaps eight men within a few inches of each other there, and Timber rises the highest to glance a header into the net. Neuer came to claim the cross and got nowhere near it!
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21 min: Better from Arsenal, who get their press right and force Bayern into a mistake at the back. The Germans are on the back foot and Zubimendi wins a corner. Here come the cavalry from the back.
18 min: For the first time, Olise has a chance to go at Lewis-Kelly and the Bayern man beats the left-back, earning a free-kick. The set piece is easily cleared by Rice (I think) at the near post.
15 min: Merino drops deep, drawing the Bayern centre-backs out and Raya pumps a long ball into the space, with Saka just beaten to the ball by an onrushing Manuel Neuer, who is all too willing to do his sweeper-keeper party trick. Saka actually takes the ball in the face and is forced to take a knee with blood coming from his nose. But after brief attention from the physios, Saka is OK to continue.
13 min: Bayern having plenty of the ball, with nearly 80% possession away from home. That’s some going at Arsenal.
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11 min: Harry Kane is predictably being booed every time he touches the ball. The striker is dropping deep, but has yet to get into any dangerous position. It will be interesting to see who the runners are beyond Kane with Luis Diaz suspended. Neither Gnabry or Olise are flat out sprinters in the way that Diaz is, or Sané was last season.
9 min: Bayern are holding a high line and catch Trossard lacking, although it takes an age for the referee to blow for offside, with a brief panic in the Bayern ranks before the official’s flag was raised.
7 min: Liverpool are losing at home to PSV. Get the latest with Scott Murray in our clockwatch.
6 min: Interesting that Laimer is playing left back tonight for Bayern. Naturally right-footed, he will look to stop Saka from cutting in on his left foot from Arsenal’s right flank.
4 min: Tah bundles into Eze and Arsenal have a first set piece to throw into the Bayern box. A first examination for the visitors’ defence and one they pass with flying colours as they expertly hold the offside line and catch five Arsenal players offside from Rice’s delivery.
2 min: You might think that Karl could show signs of nerves. But the 17-year-old, playing in the No 10 role for Bayern Munich, is pinging the ball about with the grace and confidence of a veteran.
Peeeeeeep!
We are off in north London.
“No Calafiori - fair enough; he’s a bit of a galloper, and deserves a rest after chasing around in pretty well all of the games this season,” emails Charles Antaki. “Also Lewis-Skelly must have reached the stage of muttering under his breath and looking pointedly at the manager, so giving him a start ought to take that simmering pan off the fire. He’s more of a scurrier to be sure, but defensively tenacious, so that might well be what’s in order tonight. Good to see the captain on the benches again; but nobody begrudges Eze another chance to float about and sting.”
Here comes the teams! Screams of encouragement from both players as they leave the tunnel to the tune of the Champions League anthem, after red fireworks are splayed out from the roof of the Emirates into the London sky.
Eze with a wry smile to the camera as the camera pans along the line of the players, a la Ronaldinho licking his lips and rubbing his hands.
Arsenal in their home kit – red shirt, white shorts, red socks – while Bayern are in a fetching all-black away kit.
This is worth a read.
Tonight’s two early kick-offs have finished. FC Copenhagen nearly blew a 3-0 lead but held on for a 3-2 win against minnows Kairat, while Cyriot side Pafos have earned a remarkable 2-2 draw with Monaco, with – get this – David Luiz on the scoresheet! Aged 38 years and 218 days, the former Chelsea and PSG defender has become the second-oldest player to score a Champions League goal, behind only Pepe for Porto v Shakhtar Donetsk in December 2023 (40 years, 290 days).
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Mike Arteta, Arsenal manager, speaks to TNT about his selection choices:
The headaches are going to be a little bit harder. Cristhian Mosquera and Myles Lewis-Skelly deserve to play. We have to manage the squad and the load that we have. We have a game every three games.
We knew that Eze would be good in an Arsenal shirt. We just didn’t know he would be this good, this quickly.
Speaking of waif-like athletes who have a wand of a left foot and are preparing to face Arsenal …
Here is how Bayern got on at the weekend: they recovered from going 2-0 down to beat Freiburg 6-2.
Yes, Olise scored twice and provided three assists but Lennart Karl was also central to that comeback, becoming the youngest player in Bayern’s history – aged just 17 years and 273 days – to score and set up a goal in a single Bundesliga game.
For those that are catching up, the boy is a bit special. The teenager scored his first goal for Bayern last month and also became the club’s youngest scorer in Champions League history with his goal in the 4-0 triumph over Club Brugge in late October.
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Two changes for Arsenal from the side that beat Spurs as Cristhian Mosquera comes in for Piero Hincapié at centre back and Myles Lewis-Skelly replaces Riccardo Calafiori at left back.
No player has scored more goals against Arsenal at the Emirates than Harry Kane (six) and the Englishman leads the line tonight for Bayern. You might notice that Luis Díaz is missing from Kompany’s squad – the former Liverpool winger has been on fire for Bayern since joining in the summer but is serving the first of a three-game European ban after being sent off against PSG in the last round.
The teams!
Arsenal: Raya, Timber, Saliba, Mosquera, Lewis-Skelly, Eze,
Zubimendi, Rice, Saka, Merino, Trossard.
Subs: Arrizabalaga, Setford, White, Hincapie, Odegaard, Martinelli, Norgaard, Madueke, Nwaneri, Calafiori.
Bayern Munich: Neuer, Laimer, Tah, Upamecano, Stanisic, Kimmich, Pavlovic, Olise, Karl, Gnabry, Kane.
Subs: Ulreich, Urbig, Kim, Goretzka, Jackson, Bischof, Ito, Guerreiro, Boey, Mike.
Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)
Away from the Emirates, it’s quite the night of European football. PSG, last season’s winners, host Tottenham. Internazionale travel to Atlético – one for the pragmatists, that. Hipsters, fear not, we have you covered with Eintracht Frankfurt v Atalanta. And a potential banana skin? Olympiakos v Real Madrid has all the makings of an upset. You can follow all that in our clockwatch with the esteemed Scott Murray.
Back to more serious matters. Sean Ingle has spoken with various stat gurus as he attempts to answer two questions:
1. How much stronger the Premier League is now compared with 2015, when Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi were at Real Madrid and Barcelona, and Pep Guardiola was masterminding Bayern’s destruction of Arsenal?
2. Could it be better for a team who play in an ‘easier’ league – such as Bayern and PSG – to keep players fresher for the Champions League knockout stages? Or do clubs such as Arsenal and Manchester City benefit from tougher domestic competition?
Speaking of Eze v Olise, who can forget the famous table tennis and chess matches (both won by Olise) of 2023?!
Preamble
At 4/1 and 5/1 respectively, Arsenal and Bayern Munich are the favourites to win this season’s Champions League outright, and it’s not really a surprise. Both are top of their domestic leagues by six points. Both retain a 100% record in Europe going into this match – come the end of it, that obviously won’t be the case.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and his Bayern counterpart, Vincent Kompany, have spent the build up to this one talking up their opponents. Arteta believes the Gunners remain in a “different universe” to Bayern given they have yet to win the Champions League, while Kompany claim the Londoners are the “most difficult task” the German side could be … um … tasked with. “[Arsenal] play with great physicality,” added the Bayern boss.
It’s true we would have never gotten this match in the old Champions League format, but given the relative lack of jeopardy in the league phase, this match does not carry the weight of previous knockout encounters between the two. The two sides met last year in a close two-legged quarter-final, with a 2-2 draw at the Emirates followed by a 1-0 win for Bayern in Bavaria. Before that, you’d have to go back to 2017 and the last knockings of the Arsène Wenger era. Neither set of fans have forgotten the 10-2 aggregate shellacking served by Bayern, two 5-1 pastings, home and away.
That’s a lot of history that probably doesn’t mean too much to the new players uninitiated in this fixture. Two of those are Bayern’s Michael Olise and Arsenal’s Eberechi Eze – the former Crystal Palace pals reuniting on club football’s biggest stage and both come into this match in sparkling form: Olise bagged two goals and provided three assists in Bayern’s 6-2 win over Freiburg on Saturday, while Eze netted a hat-trick for the Gunners in the north London derby. Not bad for a couple of lads that used to hack it around in the Championship.
This is a mouthwatering match. You don’t want to miss it.
Kick-off: 8pm GMT.
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