Did Sanchez Laugh At Bayern Embarrassment?

Ozil was absent from Arsenal’s 3-1 defeat at Liverpool on Saturday and although the German star has returned to training, club gaffer Arsene Wenger doesn’t believe he is ready to face Bayern.

Arsenal are looking to overturn a four-goal deficit after losing the first leg of the last-16 tie in Germany 5-1.

Aiming to stage an incredible recovery from a 5-1 first leg deficit, Wenger’s side briefly looked capable of a famous escape act when Theo Walcott opened the scoring in the first half at the Emirates Stadium.

Cruelly, the Greek match official then awarded Bayern a penalty and confusingly, after speaking with his assistant, sent Laurent Koscielny off for his foul on Robert Lewandowski.

However, he insists the attitude of his players shows there is very little wrong at Arsenal under his guidance, saying: “I feel we produced the game we wanted and we were very unlucky in some decisions with the ref I find very hard to understand”.

“The penalty took all the pressure out for us”. Should it have been a red?

So the only explanation that could have been given was that Koscielny was given a yellow for the foul, and a yellow for dissent following the decision.

Arsenal folded lamentably thereafter – each of the subsequent goals the result of disgusting individual errors and/or non-existent defending – and it added up to a seventh consecutive last-16 exit for Wenger and his team. What’s the difference now?

The monotony of such results makes it seem as though an eternity has passed between now and a time when Arsenal were quite good at European football, but really, it’s not been that long at all.

Bayern’s only opportunity in the first half happened in the 38th minute, but Lewandowski reacted poor in a promising opportunity.

Wenger said tactical factors had been the “unique reason” for his decision to start with Sanchez on the bench at Anfield, where Olivier Giroud and Welbeck started up front.

Do you think Arsenal can afford to lose Sanchez?

Wenger, out of contract at the end of the season and seemingly edging towards the exit door after almost 21 years in charge, was angry that Theo Walcott was denied a penalty shortly after his goal had fuelled hope of a miraculous comeback. A pre-match demonstration from fans marching for his ouster shows he has little in the form of support for him keeping his job.