Macara (and) in London and open accounts ahead of the rematch next Wednesday (17/4) in Munich!
The Arsenal and Bayern they came in a draw 2-2 at the “Emirates” in the first match of the two teams for the quarter-finals of the Champions League and thus everything will be decided in Germany.
Mikel Arteta’s side capitalized on their best start with his brace Satchel (12′), but then he began to fall into errors. Two were enough for the Bavarians to turn the game around, with him Gnabri (18′) and his penalty kick Kane (32′), who reached the 15 goals against the Londoners. Bayern were more dangerous in the second half, but the hosts managed to equalize in 76′ with the combination of two changes, Jesus and the scorer Trossard.
Doom in the finale, me beam of Coman in 90′ and voices of Arsenal for penalty kick in the 90’+5′with the decision not to charge however appearing to be correct on replay.
The match:
Bayern entered the Emirates with aggressive initiatives, but very quickly Arsenal took over. In fact, the “gunners” had the first big chance, at 7′ with the strong shot caught by Martinelli from the boundary of the large area.
And after warning, the home team took the lead at 12′: White with a diagonal pass, found him inside the area Satchelwho with a terrible volley put the ball into the net for the 1-0!
Mikel Arteta’s side continued to control the tempo and missed another big chance at 16′with Neuer parrying White’s close-range shot.
And then… Arsenal started making mistakeswith Bayern not leaving them unused!
Initially, at 18′after successive wrong reactions from the home team at key points, Bayern recovered, with Goretzka to play vertically in the area on Gnabri, who stretched his leg and scored! Raya found the ball a bit, but was unable to save.
And after an Arsenal period in the 27th minute, with Neuer blocking, we reached 30′when the Bavarians won penalty kick! THE Sane he made a nice vertical and very fast rush, pressing dangerously into the opponent’s area, with Saliba to flag him down low and Glenn Nyberg to whistle the offense. On top of the white bull went o Harry Kanewho at 32′ sent the ball on the one hand and Raya on the other, for the complete overthrow (1-2).
By now, the momentum had shifted to Thomas Tuchel’s side, who had a great chance for a third goal in the 36′When the Sane he quickly ran into the counter-attack, but was too late to execute, with the “gunners” falling back and intercepting. Thus, the 1-2 remained until the end of the first half.
The second half started with a change for Arsenal, with Zincensko replacing Kivior.
The Gunners again took the initiative of the movements, however, they were content to threaten with static phases, such as Rice’s ambitious direct free-kick in the 50′.
Essentially, the first good chance of the second half took place at 57′ and it was for Bayern, with the diagonal shot caught by Goretzka outside the area to go out. Tuchel’s side continued to create moments in the 65′ The Sane he ran into the counterattack, but his shot went over the crossbar.
And after some time passed without anything special, Arsenal managed to bring the game and the case of “qualification” back on the same level, with Arteta’s combination of two changes. In 76′, therefore, o Jesus made great feints inside the opponent’s area and after breaking free, broke into Trossardwho sent the ball into the net with a pass on the move!
Without the big phase in the next few minutes, to get to the… doom of the finale. In the 90′ Bayern missed a huge opportunity with him Comanwho with a nice projection with the outside after Musiala’s turn, sent the ball to the root of the right beam. While, in 90’+5′The Satchel clashed with him Neuer inside the Bavarians’ area, with Nieberg showing “you’re playing” and shortly after blowing the final whistle. The home team immediately pounced on him calling for a penalty. However, VAR had also agreed with him – probably rightly so, based on replays, as the England winger fell more on the German keeper – and the game was over.
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The whistle: There was no very difficult phase, except for the last one of course! Regarding the clash between Saka and Neuer, Glenn Nyberg’s decision seems correct, and VAR Paul van Boekel agreed. And this is because it seems that the English winger is the one who falls on the German goalkeeper. In a fall of Havertz earlier (64′), there was nothing. From there, there was quite a bit of flagging and maybe more yellow cards could have been given than the three that were issued.
MVP: The distinction will go to Goretzka. Very good game from the Bavarian midfielder, he dominated the center, while of course he also had the assist for the 1-1.
The compositions of the two teams:
Arsenal (Mikel Arteta): Raya – White, Saliba, Gabriel, Kivior (46′ Zinchenko) – Rice, Jorginho (67′ Jesus), Edegaard – Saka, Havertz (86′ Partey), Martinelli (67′ Trossard).
Bayern Munich (Thomas Tuchel): Neuer – Kimmich, Dier, De Ligt, Davies – Goretzka, Leimer – Sane (66′ Coman), Musiala, Gnabry (70′ Guerreiro) – Kane.
Source: Sport Fm
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