Bayern Munich confirmed their spot in the Champions League quarterfinals with a 5-1 win at 10-man Arsenal on Tuesday to advance 10-2 on aggregate.<\/p>\n
A first-half Theo Walcott goal gave Arsenal a glimmer of hope, but Laurent Koscielny was sent off while conceding a penalty soon after the break, and Robert Lewandowski scored from the spot.<\/p>\n
Arjen Robben, Douglas Costa then added goals before a Arturo Vidal added gloss to the scoreline with a late brace.<\/p>\n
With the result mostly in hand after the 5-1 first leg in Germany, many Arsenal fans began their night with a pregame march to the Emirates calling for Arsene Wenger to step down.<\/p>\n
And after Arsenal were dealt an additional blow by losing Danny Welbeck to an injury in the warm-up, Bayern were comfortable in possession in the opening minutes before the Gunners found their footing.<\/p>\n
Olivier Giroud, starting in place of Welbeck, saw the first real chance on 13 minutes, but his header from close range only scraped the outside of the post.<\/p>\n
Walcott provided Arsenal’s goal on 20 minutes after he split two defenders and blasted a shot into the roof of the net from the side of the six-yard box.<\/p>\n
Bayern nearly erased the goal four minutes later as Vidal saw his header saved by Ospina, then put his follow-up attempt over the bar.<\/p>\n
Walcott had another chance from a similar position to where he scored hit the side netting before he was booked along with David Alaba after the two clashed.<\/p>\n
But as the second half began, Bayern reasserted control. After having a goal ruled out for offside, the game ended as a contest after Koscielny was dismissed in the 53rd minute.<\/p>\n
With Lewandowski racing in on goal, Koscielny tried to shoulder the striker off the ball but could not draw level and the referee pointed to the spot.<\/p>\n
Lewandowski sent David Ospina the wrong way to equalise on the night and end the round-of-16 clash as a contest.<\/p>\n
Robben then ensured Bayern left London with the second-leg victory in the 68th minute. Ospina sent a poor clearance right to him, and though it appeared Alexis Sanchez had won the ball back, Robben took it off his foot and scored easily.<\/p>\n
The floodgates were opened and Costa added another goal in the 78th minute when he ran at Shkodran Mustafi before curling a shot inside the far post.<\/p>\n
Arsenal were still attempting to mount an attack two minutes later when Xabi Alonso picked off a Mustafi pass and passed ahead for Vidal to scoop a shot past the helpless Ospina.<\/p>\n
Bayern’s fifth followed with five minutes to play, Renato Sanches lofting a pass over Arsenal’s high line to Douglas Costa, who unselfishly fed across for Vidal.<\/p>\n
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Source: ESPN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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