JESUS AND BOSSARD SAVE THE TIE
Well that was a very weird evening. Arsenal heads into the second leg of the Bayern game with a 2-2 draw and a sharp reminder that top teams, with top players, do not roll over to the new kids on the block.
Things started well, Bukayo Saka created a wild piece of individual brilliance when he received a Ben White pass with his back to goal and with one smooth turn, managed to front up to goal and bang an unstoppable missile past Neuer.
Everything was going well, Bayern had no answers, until they had two.
Bayern did well to capitalise on two very dopey mistakes by Arsenal. For the first, David Raya was out of position, that threw Big Gabi into making a mistake with a pass that missed a flatfooted Kiwior, Bayern broke in transition, Goretzka turned Mesut Ozil and slipped the perfect ball into the diagnol run of Serge Gnabry and the rest is history. Last time I saw Serge do something in the Champions League it was when he was a teenager and he gave the ball away allowing Schalke to score. No such luck last night. The second goal was a Sane masterclass in power, pace, and tight control. He mugged off Kiwior, then zipped into our box uncontested until Saliba decided to smash him over.
Kane, Arsenal, an inevitable goal.
The changes flowed pretty fast. Zinchenko came on to give us more control and bravery out the back. Then Trossard and Jesus were brought on to bring more chaos and aggression in the final third.
Those moves paid dividends when Jesus found his way out of a four-pl...
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