Bayern dump Arsenal out of Champions League with 10 - 2 agg win
Arsenal suffered an embarrassing 10 - 2 aggregate loss to Bayern Munich following the round of 16 second leg match between the two teams.
Trailing 5 - 1 from the first leg, Arsene Wenger promised his team would attack and that they did which resulted in a goal mid-way through the first half.
Theo Walcott firing a shot into the roof of the net from an acute angle from the right.
The complexion of the second half would however change when Lorient Koscienly was shown a red car for pulling down Rober Lewandowski who was one on one with David Ospina.
The referee quickly showed the red after consoltation with his assitant; Lewandowski scoring the resulting penalty.
It was free fall for Arsenal from then on as Vidal scored twice, Robben score a trademark drift from the right and shoot goal and Douglas Costa producing something similar.
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The embarrassing result meant the Gunner are dumped at the round of 16 stage for the seventh consecutive season.
In the other match played on the night, Real Madrid recorded a 3 - 1 victory over Napoli at the Sao Paolo recording a 6 - 2 aggregate victory.
Trailing 3 - 1 from the first leg, the Italians knew a two 2 - 0 win was all they need to qualify and they looked to secure that when Dries Mertens opened the scoring in the first half.
Ronaldo hit the post and Mertens doing that also but no other goals were scored in the first half.
The second half was all Real Madrid; Sergio Ramos scoring a quick fire double from a corner while Alvaro Morata netted a late third to secure the 3 - 1 win.
Real Madrid have now progressed in 45 of 58 European ties after winning the first leg at home and have not lost any of their last 12 Champions League games – and have only suffered 1 defeat in 22 in the competition.
Source: Legit.ng
