Champions League: Arsenal v Milan - in pictures

"There is maybe a 2% or 5% chance statistically, but realistically we are out of this competition," said Arsène Wenger after Arsenal were beaten 4-0 by Milan in the first leg Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images

They're fielding a strong side, considering what little chance Wenger has given them. Evidently Wenger doesn't think this tie is quite so dead and buried after all - not after seing his side put five past Tottenham and come from behind to beat Liverpool recently Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images

As luck would have it, Milan are as hopeless defensiveley as Arsenal were in the first leg. They allow Laurent Koscielny to ghost in at the front post and score a header in only the seventh minute to put Arsenal one up Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters

Theo Walcott looks keen to exploit the right-flank where Milan's nervy full-back Djamel Mesbah is clearly struggling for pace Photograph: Nick Potts/PA

Tomas Rosicky is also having joy through the centre - at the expense, here, of Mark van Bommel Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images

The referee shows Van Bommel a yellow card - one of many bookings in the first-half Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images

Even with eleven men on the pitch, Milan are repeatedly being split open and Christian Abbiati has to deny Robin van Persie a second from Tomas Rosicky's pass Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images

But it matters not as Rosicky slams home a second goal minutes later when a loose ball lands at his feet inside the penalty box. He slots it crisply into the bottom corner Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images

So, 25 minutes gone and already Arsenal are closing in on their target. No wonder Rosicky is going mental Photograph: Kerim Okten/EPA

Arsenal's charge continues apace. A phenomenal run from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain completely bamboozles Mesbah and Antonio Nocerino, casuing them to sandwich him in calamitous fashion. The referee takes an enternity before awarding a penalty to Arsenal Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images

Tension grows as Van Persie is forced to re-position the ball on the spot, but he then calmly sends the keeper the wrong way. 3-0! Photograph: KERIM OKTEN/EPA

Christian Abbiati looks desperate. And as the teams wander off at half-time, so too do his team-mates Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images

Milan use the interval to re-group, but still one or two chances break Arsenal's way in the second half. The best of them falls to Van Persie, a man with 36 goals to his name this season ... but with only the keeper to beat, he dinks the ball into the air and is denied by Abbiati's raised arm Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images

It feels like a critical miss for Arsenal. Had Van Persie simply rolled the shot along the floor he would have scored Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images

If nothing else, Milan know how to play keep ball. They're successfully winding down the clock Photograph: Giuseppe Cacace/AFP/Getty Images

Wenger urges his side forward. But with every attack, Arsenal expose themselves at the back. Milan should score when Nocerinio clumsily pokes the ball straight at the feet of Arsenal's goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny from two yards out Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images

But Arsenal can't create another significant opportunity of their own and the final whistle brings their courageous effort to an end. They've fallen marginally short, but boy was it close Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images