In the early morning of April 10, Beijing time, in the first leg of the 1/4 finals of the 2023-24 UEFA Champions League, Premier League leader Arsenal sat at home at the Emirates Stadium to face the Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich. In the first half, Bukayo Saka opened the scoring, Gnabry scored against his old club, Sane made a penalty and Kane converted it, and in the second half, the referee missed Gabriel's handball in the box, Gabriel Jesus assisted Leandro Trossard to equalise, Koeman hit the post, Saka was knocked down in the box by Neuer in stoppage time, and the referee did not award a penalty. In the end, Arsenal drew 2-2 at home to Bayern.
In the 7th minute, Dier's pass from the back was tackled by Saka, who crossed in front of the penalty area, Odegaard took the ball and then passed to the left, and Martinelli volleyed wide with his left foot. In the ninth minute, Alfonso stepped on Saka's ankle while scrambling for the ball and received a yellow card and will miss the next leg. In the 12th minute, Arsenal picked up a pass from the right side of the midfield, Saka stopped the ball and was cut off, but his teammates immediately counter-grabbed and then handed the ball to Saka, who entered the penalty area and scored in the far corner, Arsenal 1-0 Bayern.
In the 16th minute, Ben White stepped forward in front of the penalty area, received a through ball from a teammate and fired a right-footed volley that was saved by Neuer. In the 18th minute, Bayern played a counterattack in front, Goretzka received the ball in front of the penalty area and sent a through stopper, Gnabry entered the penalty area and scored a goal, Bayern 1-1 Arsenal.
In the 27th minute, Arsenal's corner kick from the right side was driven into the penalty area, causing chaos, and Neuer held the ball. In the 32nd minute, Sane advanced from midfield along the right side, and was tackled down after entering the penalty area, and the referee awarded Bayern a penalty.
The penalty was taken by Kane, who fired a right-footed shot into the bottom right corner of the net, deceived Raya into slotting the ball into the net as Bayern overtook Arsenal 2-1.
In the 35th minute, Arsenal pressed all the members of the siege, Bayern cleared the backfield and picked up the pass, Sane inserted the ball at high speed to form a single knife, and he entered the penalty area and was cut off in the face of three defenders. At the end of the first half, Bayern took the lead temporarily.
In the second half, Arsenal won a free kick on the left side of the front, and Rice fired a direct shot over the crossbar in the 51st minute. In the 55th minute, Kane elbowed his opponent against Gabriel and received a yellow card. In the 61st minute, Jorginho counter-attacked the opponent at the back, but then passed the ball directly to the Bayern player, and Laimer volleyed high in front of the penalty area.
In the 66th minute, Raya kicked the ball wide in front of goal to Gabriel, who picked up the ball with his hand and kicked it back to Raya, and the referee ignored the obvious handball in the box.
In the 68th minute, Kimmich crossed in front of the penalty area, Kane received the ball and volleyed with his right foot, and the ball touched the defender and deflected off the bottom line. In the 70th minute, Gnabry, who scored the goal, was injured and could not hold on, and was replaced by Guerrero. In the 76th minute, Arsenal passed continuously in front, Jesus flicked the ball sideways after successive passes in front of the penalty area, and Trossard pushed the goal, Arsenal 2-2 Bayern.
In the 86th minute, Arteta replaced Kai Havertz with Thomas to strengthen the defence. In the 90th minute, Guerrero crossed in front of the bottom line on the left side of the penalty area, and Coman at the front point poked a shot at the neutral post, and Bayern was just a little closer to the stunner.
In the 95th minute, Arsenal went straight forward, Saka bypassed the defender and entered the penalty area to receive the ball, and fell to the ground after making physical contact with the attacking Neuer, but the referee did not award a penalty.
In the end, the game ended at full-time with Arsenal drawing 2-2 with Bayern Munich.