Bayern fans with a cut-out of the trophy which is currently theirs. They're aiming to become the first side to win the Champions League back to backPhotograph: Tom JenkinsThe players walk out ahead of the match. The big team news for Arsenal is that Yaya Sanogo starts up front ahead of the experienced Olivier Giroud, who is on the benchPhotograph: Tom JenkinsHas that move flummoxed Bayern coach Pep Guardiola?Photograph: Tom Jenkins
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is a galivanting presence early in the first half as Arsenal take the game to BayernPhotograph: Tom JenkinsSzczesny makes great save from Toni Kroos in the first halfPhotograph: Tom JenkinsMesut Özil twists inside Jerome Boateng and is tripped, winning Arsenal a penaltyPhotograph: Tom JenkinsBut, with barely a run-up, Özil sends a tame effort down the centre of the goal ...Photograph: Tom Jenkins... to which Manuel Neuer gets a stroing hand. It's an easy savePhotograph: Tom JenkinsArsenal's misfortune is compounded when Szczesny is sent off for fouling Arjen Robben and Bayern get a penalty. Long faces in the Arsenal campPhotograph: Tom JenkinsBut Alaba smacks it against the post and widePhotograph: Tom JenkinsOxlade-Chamberlain and Lahm wait for a ball to drop as the two sides tusslePhotograph: Tom JenkinsMario Götze takes on Mathieu Flamini and Bacary Sagna as Bayern press for a goalPhotograph: Tom JenkinsEventually they get one when Toni Kroos sweeps a delightful shot into the top corner in the 54th minutePhotograph: Tom JenkinsFabianski saves from Pizarro as Arsenal try to limit the damagePhotograph: Tom JenkinsArsène Wenger has a face like thunder but at least his side are only one goal downPhotograph: Tom JenkinsBut in the 88th minute, Thomas Müller scores another for Bayern with a header, giving the visitors an emphatic advantage in the tiePhotograph: Tom JenkinsHe's delightedPhotograph: Tom JenkinsIt ends 2-0 to the visitors. Arsenal, who went out to Bayern in last year's Champions League, will be shattered by that second goalPhotograph: Tom JenkinsBut, as Bayern's players celebrate, they'd do well to remember that last year Arsenal won 2-0 in Germany. So maybe it's not all over for the Gunners?Photograph: Tom Jenkins
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