Match Reaction v Bayern (CL Last 16 Second Leg)

[Master Splinter]

Decent performance let down by carelessness in the final third, once again showing it's our forward line that needs a boost in quality. It makes all the difference.

Ox brilliant again.

Defence (apart from Sagna at times) did well. Well done Vermaelen.

Arteta and Podolski had good games too.

More injuries again. Will we have ten outfield players fit for Sunday? If we can get a result against Spurs, then the domestic momentum should continue. Albeit with four senior players still walking come the end of the game.

[IBK]

We were never going to go through, but we held our own tonight. Who injured?

[Ollie the Optimist]

i hope the british media and arjen robben all come home to find their partners have cheated on them

[Marc Overmars]

Decent effort but the damage was done.

Things to look forward to beyond this so I couldn't give a fuck about the CL at this present time.

[Niall_Quinn]

First and foremost, have you ever seen anything like that cunt Robben? He makes Ashley Young look like Aristotle, Gareth Bale look like a monkey. It really is a dismal shame that cunt is allowed on a football field to tarnish the sport like that.

Apart from that diving, cheating miscreant, did you you notice how many of Bayern's players were diving, cheating miscreants? Pep you old scoundrel, Barca is alive and well in Munich.

As for us, in truth second best. Bayern didn't really have to get out of third gear or go all the way to the top board, you always suspected they could up it if we really threatened them. Which we did for about 5 minutes.

Poor shows from Ozil (fucking pointless international friendlies of course) and particularly Giroud who was completely out of his depth on the big stage. He'll always try but being second tier is going to be exposed when you are at the top tier.

On the other hand, Ox magnificent. Great confidence and belief, super positive play, just needs to work a bit on fitness so he can go the whole 90 minutes. Great news for the future though.

The defence was okay, a bit haphazard at times but they held out well against a team who have been battering in the goals - and no wonder because defenders can't go anywhere near the ball when that utter cunt Robben is on the pitch.

Santi careless today, sloppy passing. Same fro Pods although he did put in a good shift covering back. Plus he had a few nasty moments in him which is totally necessary against a team that employs as many dirty and underhand tactics as Bayern. Saw the so-called foul again before he scored. Not in a million, he barely touched the guy. Good goal, great finish.

But in the end we were never winning it. We went too negative in the middle and didn't play our trump cards in the right way. Plenty of injuries forced Wenger's hand but he could have been more positive in how he deployed Ox. Isolating Giroud up top was a complete waste of time and just saw the ball coming back at us over and over again. The only time Bayern looked phased was when the were hit with pace so we should have done that all night. Instead we spent most of it camping in our own half. Too negative when you need a 3 goal margin.

Flappy good at the back again, dif the biz when we needed him to. Shame he's off just as he's starting to mature into a good keeper.

[Munchies]

Robben

'he dived well'

[Xhaka Can’t]

The interviewer is a Grade A dick.

[GP]

He's not wrong.

edit: Arsene isn't wrong. The interviewer is a penis.

[JonasTC]

Apperently Wenger dropped a couple of f-bombs on some UEFA officials right after the game. It does suck that we had to play with 10 men in the first game, would've loved to see what would have happend.

[KSE Comedy Club]

Unfortunately we never will.

Too much corruption in the CL ultimately rules out any chance of seeing a fair 2 legged tie.