Leandro Trossard comes off the bench to level the tie ahead of next week's return leg in Bavaria, via the penalty spot, before half-time turned the contest in Bayern’s favour. Leandro Trossard played the role of super-sub to level the tie late on., the Emirates sensed an opportunity. A deafening roar greeted the players as they entered the pitch, encouraging a fast start that duly came.
The noise levels increased further when Gabriel Martinelli lashed the game’s first shot wide and the ease with which Arsenal bypassed Bayern’s midfield to create the opportunity was a sign of things to come.Just five minutes later Manuel Neuer was retrieving the ball from his net. Saka had already sufficiently panicked Alphonso Davies into fouling him and earning the game’s first booking before getting the better of him twice in a matter of seconds to score the opener. First, he jinked inside the left-back after latching onto Martin Odegaard’s lofted ball forward and then he ghosted past him into the penalty area, creating enough time for himself to pick his spot and bend a confident finish into the bottom corner. Bayern’s brittle confidence was dealt an early blow and Arsenal sensed blood. They should have doubled their lead within a few minutes but it was a case of the wrong player being in the right position asIt was a big miss that was emphatically punishe