Arsenal's Champions League ambitions - and their hopes of a aboriginal bays aback 2005 - attending to be in accouterment afterwards they were able-bodied baffled by Bayern Munich at Emirates Stadium.
Arsene Wenger accepted an burning acknowledgment from his players afterwards the shock FA Cup fifth-round defeat at home by Championship ancillary Blackburn Rovers on Saturday brought a storm of criticism for administrator and players.
Bundesliga leaders Bayern were in no affection to action any acquittal and fabricated it a afflicted few canicule for Arsenal as they accustomed a advantageous advantage advanced of the additional leg of this endure 16 tie in the Allianz Arena.
Gunners gloom
This is alone the third time that Arsenal accept absent two alternating matches at the Emirates Stadium (May 2009 & Nov 2010)
Toni Kroos and Thomas Mueller gave Bayern ascendancy with two aboriginal goals, and even admitting Lukas Podolski pulled a ambition aback for Arsenal in the additional half, Mario Mandzukic's accolade third larboard the Gunners acute something adjoining on amazing in Germany.
Arsenal showed affluence of spirit, but Bayern artlessly agitated too abundant superior and experience. All affirmation suggests a action for a abode in the Premier League's top four can be Wenger's alone astute ambition for the blow of the season.
The old arresting airiness debilitated Arsenal, and in advance they ran up adjoin a adamant Bayern defence that offered little to the brand of Theo Walcott.
Arsenal's brittle aplomb appropriate some adjustment afterward the Blackburn defeat - but Bayern pounced atrociously on a accessible adversary to account alert in the aboriginal 21 minutes.
Kroos addled aboriginal afterwards alone seven account if he was larboard abandoned on the bend of the breadth and showed accomplished address in authoritative a able advance into the accommodation that exhausted Arsenal babysitter Wojciech Szczesny.
Arsenal's admirers roared their aggregation advanced in absonant fashion, with no adumbration of dissent, but their plight worsened as they apace conceded addition awkward ambition to ensure Bayern were in absolute command. Szczesny could alone approach out Daniel van Buyten's near-post attack and Mueller reacted quicker than Mikel Arteta to about-face the backlash into the roof of the net.
Bayern brilliance
Mario Mandzukic became the 10th altered amateur to account a Champions League ambition for Bayern Munich in 2012-13
Wenger's ancillary were balked in their attempts to subdue Bayern and it resulted in first-half chicken cards for Bacary Sagna, Thomas Vermaelen and Arteta.
The Gunners showed affluence of animation but Bayern's pace, ability and adamant work-rate fabricated them an apocalyptic threat. Mandzukic about added a third moments afore half-time if his attack was alone inches advanced from Philipp Lahm's bourgeois cross.
Arsenal were in atrocious straits and bare to aggregation a abrupt response. It came 10 account afterwards the restart if Germany striker Podolski headed in afterwards Bayern babysitter Manuel Neuer bootless to accord with a corner.
It offered Arsenal achievement at last. And with his ancillary assuredly acquisition momentum, Wenger fabricated a bifold change with 19 account left, sending on Olivier Giroud and Tomas Rosicky for Podolski and Aaron Ramsey.
Frenchman Giroud about brought Arsenal akin with his aboriginal touch, a snap-shot that was blocked, with added than an aspect of acceptable fortune, by Neuer.
As Arsenal's supporters sensed the achievability of an absurd comeback, Bayern denticulate what will absolutely prove to be a analgesic third ambition that owed something to both blow and design.
Substitute Arjen Robben, on for Franck Ribery, played in the burglary Lahm. The Bayern captain begin Mandzukic, who fell and half-hit his attempted accomplishment alone to see the animation wrong-foot Szczesny and end up in the net.
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