Arsenal Proud To Beat Bayern Munich Insists Santi Cazorla

“I think there were two key moments”, Cech told the official Arsenal website.

Pep Guardiola’s side created few chances despite having 73 per cent possession – and, when they did get through the Arsenal defence, Cech was there to stop them.

Wenger’s men looked a different proposition with Cech in goal, rather than David Ospina, who was between the posts for the defeats against Dinamo Zagreb and Olympiakos, when he gifted the Greeks a goal. In the second part of the game, in the last part of the game, when we went longer and won the long balls they suddenly could play more in their half and they struggled much more.

Five minutes later Giroud almost headed home his second from a Cazorla corner but his header was straight at Neuer.

Arsenal visit Munich on November 4.

The experienced goalkeeper, an off-season recruit from Chelsea, denied Thiago Alcantara early on at the Emirates Stadium, before preventing Robert Lewandowski from opening the scoring after the break.

Yet Arsenal showed the kind of mental strength and defensive composure that has so often eluded them before Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer’s mistake Olivier Giroud the 77thminute opener. They would have been ahead at half-time if it had not been for a stunning save by Manuel Neuer to keep out Theo Walcott’s close-range header. “It’s certainly not my most handsome goal but it’s one of the most important”.

“As a defender you play against pace, pace, pace all game and them someone comes on and he wants the ball in and wants to be physical and you have to change your game quickly as a defender”.

“We had enough chances to win the match, or at least not to lose, but congratulations to Arsenal for the win and we will meet again in two weeks in Munich”, said coach Guardiola who has guided Bayern into the semi-finals in both seasons since taking over. It was a particularly vital block as Arsenal got the free-kick, which resulted in the first goal in their next foray forward.

The German global has been unable to display a consistent run of good form since joining Arsenal back in 2013, with The Express even claiming that Arsene Wenger considered pulling the plug on his future at the club.

There could also be trouble from UEFA before then, following a protest about ticket prices.

The “peak Arsenal” cliche has become so prominent it’s nearly started to eat itself, but we can see why people have cause to use the phrase.