Arsenal won the duel undefeated against Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League
Arsenal won 3-1 Bayern Munich in the leaders’ duel in it Emirates Stadiumfor the fifth date of the league phase UEFA Champions League 2025-2026. The match can be revived for the Disney+ Premium Plan (only for South America).
With the triumph, The Gunner team was the only leader with an ideal score, with 15 points in 5 dates.
The first minutes were a lot of study, between a very firm team in the defensive block and another seeking to be secure in controlling the ball and distributing the game. The German team dominated possession in this section of the match, without having any scoring options.
Bayern had the ball 70% of the time, but Arsenal struck first. At 22 minutes, A corner taken from the right side by Bukayo Saka was anticipated by Jurriën Timber to score the 1-0 with a header.
After a few minutes of uncertainty, in which the Gunners were able to score the second after a weak definition by Eze in front of the goalkeeper, Bayern’s reaction came.
At 32 minutes, the Bavarians equalized with a great combination between Joshua Kimmich and a head-on shot that Serge Gnabry went down to the center of the area for Lennart Karl’s definition against Raya.
At the beginning of the second half, the home team came out a little more aggressive, but Arsenal’s greatest danger always came from the stopped ball, turning each corner kick into a goal option, thanks to the punching of Declan Rice and Saka.
From Rice’s centers came almost consecutive plays in which first Mikel Merino and then Mosquera were centimeters away from scoring the second.
Arsenal increased its dominance and in the 62nd minute a very clear play came in which Neuer stopped a very clear one-on-one against Rice and on the rebound he was millimeters away from pushing it towards Saka’s goal, but he went too far.
At 70 minutes came the well-deserved goal for Arteta’s team. The admitted Riccardo Calafiori burst down the left side and sent a dagger-like cross into the six-yard box that Noni Madueke pushed into the goal.
Six minutes later the game broke down with a play out of context. Arsenal came out quickly on the counterattack and in a classic play of theirs Neuer tried to cut as a libero, but he miscalculated and Gabriel Martinelli left him in the easy way to finish without opposition and make it 3-1.
