In this match Arsenal played 433 at home, with defenders Gabriel, Saliba, Ben White and Kiwior, midfielders Rice, Jorginho and Ødegaard, and strikers Martinelli, Saka and Havertz.
Bayern lined up in 4231 with DeLigt, Dier, Kimmich, Davies at the back, Goretzka, Laimer at the back, Musiala at attacking midfielder, Sane, Gnabry on the wings, and Harry Kane up front.
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Arsenal's dominance at home was clear from the start. They played strong, while Bayern was careful. Arsenal soon took the initiative in the game. They kept applying pressure on the flanks with Saka and Martineli on the wings. Bayern kept getting pinned down on the defense, the midfield had a hard time pushing forward and couldn't attack at all
Saka received the ball on the right with 12 minutes to go, Havertz and BenWhite went over to help him and through BenWhite's pass, Saka curled a left-footed shot from 14 yards on the right side of the box that Neuer couldn't save in time.
Bayern after falling behind after trying to strengthen the attack, the result of the Arsenal defense error, 18 minutes from the Bayern back pass, Kerry Kane has been harassing Gabriel quickly pass, Kerry Kyle failed to receive led to Sony to follow the ball, and then a direct pass, and then Kerry from the back of the high-speed to follow the pass, Gnabry rushed into the penalty area to directly shovel the ball, Bayern tie
Initially the ball came from Arsenal keeper Raya who attacked first when he saw Bayern open up a long ball but he still reached the center line. As a result, he got the ball when Gabriel chased and was chased and harassed by HarryKane. Because Raya attacked too far and too close to Gabriel, Gabriel couldn't pass to him and, of course, didn't have the option to go straight back to the keeper, so he had to keep taking the ball to the touchline and kicking it out quickly. In this situation, Bayern seized the opportunity to score an equalizer after Kiwior missed a stop. The goal belonged to a miscommunication by the Arsenal defenders
Arsenal continued to pressurize the attack after being tied. In fact, Arsenal kept possession of the ball. Bayern weren't actually forced to rob or foul in the midfield, but Laimer did well. He always cut off Arsenal's passes.
On 29 minutes Sane received a back pass on the wing. Initially, Kiwior caught him but Sane suddenly turned around, shook off Kiwior and started accelerating. With his acceleration Kiwior couldn't even catch him for two fouls, which allowed Sane to sprint all the way to the box. Finally, Saliba had to trip. He was called for a 12-yard penalty, which HarryKane scored. As a result, Bayern, who were extremely passive throughout the situation, turned into a 2-1 leader
The first half ended with Bayern in the lead but Arsenal's weaknesses were exposed.Sane just ate Kiwior alive.Arteta saw that things were not going well. At half time he replaced Kiwior straight away, replaced Zinchenko, played left back and tried to stop Sane
Zinchenko has been effective since coming on. He's optimistic about Sane's position first and foremost. When he defends, he makes sure to step back and close down with the midfield. When attacking, he first made sure the ball was stable and then went into the back and started distributing the ball, which led to more consistent passing and control and could be seen as blocking Sane, but the Gunners were still not threatening after 65 minutes on the attack. In fact, Bayern had done well to stop their attacks
In 66 minutes, both teams made simultaneous changes. Bayern replaced the tired sane with coman, while Arsenal replaced martinelli with trothard and then Jorginho with Jesus, retreating Rice backwards into the back of possession. Later, Bayern's Gnabry was temporarily injured and replaced by Guerreiro
