Arsene Wenger once turned down Bayern Munich job, claims Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

The Premier League is as competitive as it has ever been between 1st and 6th place. It now transpires that the Chilean was dropped for disciplinary reasons, after allegedly storming out of a training session and arguing with team-mates.

MF Granit Xhaka, 5 – Ended up at centre-half for a while after Koscielny went off, which in some ways sums up his Arsenal career to date.

Two quick-fire goals saw Real Madrid survive an early scare to win 3-1 at Napoli on Tuesday and reach the Champions League quarter-finals for a seventh successive time.

“We have to stand up, of course, and give all kinds of explanations, but at the end of the day that is the reason for tonight’s result”.

That fight back would be miraculous if it happens because in Arsene Wenger’s 20th season as the manager of the Gunners, there is the startling reality that Arsenal could miss out on next season’s Champions League.

“He’s not going to sit there and say “this is for me.’ He will look at the gulf in class and think ‘I’m not going to win anything here”.

Wenger had asked his team to play with “honour”, but frighteningly little was evident once the task became hopeless.

For Bayern, they know the tie is already decided following their masterclass three weeks ago.

Just five minutes after this, Bayern were back in the game.

Bayern were missing suspended captain Philipp Lahm, but coach Carlo Ancelotti named an otherwise full-strength team.

If only Arsenal had someone on the bench that could improve them. Lewandowski’s goal came from a penalty and Arsenal disintegrated after Laurent Koscielny was shown a red card in the process. However, it is a bit short for my liking.

Gilberto won two FA Cups during a six-year spell at the London club and was part of Wenger’s Invincibles team that swept to the 2003-04 Premier League title without losing a match.

“We haven’t competed a lot in recent games, we need to turn that around”.

Arsenal could have doubled that lead just minutes later when Walcott went down under a challenge in the box, but referee Anastasios Sidiropoulos waved away calls for penalty. I spoke with them and they are focused.

“I want to forget but I’m not able to forget”, Ancelotti said with regards to his previous Champions League losses, particularly the defeat to Liverpool in 2005 when he was still handling Milan.