Arsenal are good at playing the favorite victim of the broken German giant
Once again, Arsenal lost to Bayern Munich in the Champions League, leaving the tournament in the quarter-finals in front of its usual executioner.
Bayern Munich, with minimal effort, was able to achieve victory with an unanswered goal, against its guest Arsenal, this evening, Wednesday, at the Allianz Arena, in the second leg of the quarter-finals, to cross into the semi-finals, benefiting from its draw in London in the first leg (2-2).
Bayern Munich qualified for the semi-finals to face the giant Real Madrid, where it returns to the top four after a long absence during the last four years, as its last appearance was in the 2019-2020 edition, which the Bavarian giant won.
On the other hand, Arsenal missed a golden opportunity to break Bayern Munich’s curse that has besieged it in the Champions League since its last victory 9 years ago.
One chance match
The match carried the slogan “The Only Chance”, as the two teams took turns controlling the two halves of the match. Arsenal had the upper hand in the first half, but their offensive effectiveness was absent.
In the second half, Bayern felt the embarrassment and took control of the ball and took advantage of a defensive error to get what they wanted, with a single goal scored by Joshua Kimmich, taking advantage of the gift of Arsenal’s naive defense.
Arteta did not handle the match well, as he let the victory slip out of his hands, whether through his mistakes in the formation from the beginning, or his late changes that did not appear until after 70 minutes.
When will you win against Bayern Munich?
There is no doubt that Bayern’s qualification to the semi-finals is well deserved, but if the draw had pitted it against any of the quarter-final competitors, it would have suffered greatly.
Bayern entered today’s match in the midst of its grief after losing the German League title, which it had monopolized for 11 seasons. Other than that, it was absent from resonant names such as Alphonso Davies, Serge Gnabry and Kingsley Coman.
It would not be an exaggeration that Thomas Tuchel, Bayern Munich’s coach, did not imagine that Arsenal would be so meek in its attack on Manuel Neuer’s goal.
If the loss from Bayern Munich by a single goal is the utmost ambition of Arsenal, which is experiencing a tremendous artistic boom and has a battalion of young stars, then let the administration build a statue of Spanish coach Mikel Arteta, because he ended the era of repeating the humiliating defeat by five, which dominated the last 3 official confrontations between the two teams with the same… The result (5-1).
The Munich Wall is safe
German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer does not need today’s match to prove his quality to everyone, but he was like a solid wall in front of any attempt by the visitors to advance or come back after Kimmich’s goal.
Neuer left with a clean sheet, while he was able to save his goal from 3 goals, and he even played an effective role in building attacks, as the accuracy of his passes reached 85%.
As for the exceptional record achieved by the German goalkeeper, he reached 58 Champions League matches with a clean sheet, a record that no goalkeeper has achieved in the history of the competition.
