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- Updated: March 11, 2014
Arsenal battled hard but could only draw 1-1 away to Bayern Munich, who progress to the UEFA Champions League’s last eight.
The Gunners were given the runaround in a goalless first half at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday night, with chances few and far between as they sought to turn around Bayern’s two-goal advantage from the first leg.
Ten minutes after the restart, Bastian Schweinsteiger scored from Franck Ribery’s left-wing cross and although Lukas Podolski quickly smashed in an equaliser, the Gunners could not produce the goals they needed and went out 3-1 on aggregate.
At least they were not beaten, with Lukas Fabianski saving a late penalty from substitute Thomas Muller after Laurent Koscielny fouled Arjen Robben in the box.
Arsene Wenger made three changes to the Arsenal team that started the 4-1 FA Cup win over Everton on Saturday. In came Koscielny, Podolski and Olivier Giroud in place of Kieran Gibbs (ankle), Yaya Sanogo (foot) and Mathieu Flamini, who dropped to the bench. Wojciech Szczesny was suspended after his first-leg red card, so Fabianski was named in goal. The Gunners named only six substitutes; Ryo Miyaichi was part of the travelling group, with Arsenal realising too late that the Japan winger was not in fact eligible for their Champions League squad.
Pep Guardiola made five changes after Bayern beat Wolfsburg 6-1 in the Bundesliga at the weekend. Javi Martinez, Schweinsteiger, Thiago Alcantara, Mario Gotze and Mario Mandzukic replaced Rafinha, Jerome Boateng, Muller and Toni Kroos – who all dropped to the bench – while Xherdan Shaqiri was not involved.
Arsenal held on for the draw, but ultimately their European adventure came to an end. They now head to Tottenham on Sunday looking to get themselves back in the Premier League title race and can also look ahead to an FA Cup semi-final against Wigan at Wembley in April.
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