In the early morning of April 10, Beijing time, the first leg of this season's Champions League 1/4 finals was a key match, and Arsenal hosted Bayern. Bukayo Saka gave Arsenal the lead in the first half, before Gnabry equalised and Kane misplaced from the spot-out before Leandro Trossard equalised in the second half. In the end, Arsenal drew 2-2 with Bayern, ending the three-game losing streak between the two teams, and extending the suspense of promotion to the second leg.
Compared with Bayern being a regular in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, the last time Arsenal advanced to the quarterfinals was back in the 2009/10 season, which has been 14 years since the 1/8 finals of this season overturned Porto through a penalty shootout, and finally passed the bumpy stage of the round of 16.
It is worth mentioning that Arsenal has been eliminated by Bayern in the last 16 of the Champions League in the past 7 seasons, and has lost all of the last 3 against Bayern, with a score of 1-5.
Arsenal got off to a dream start at home shortly after the break:
In the 12th minute, Arsenal organized an attack on the right side of the field, Ben White passed the ball into the box, and Saka turned and scored to make it 1-0.
However, Arsenal were just six minutes ahead before Bayern equalised.
In the 18th minute, Gabriel passed, Kiwior made a mistake in receiving the ball, Gnabry inserted into the penalty area and fell to the ground to sweep the goal, helping Bayern equalize 1-1.
In the 30th minute, Sane burst into the penalty area with the ball, Saliba stepped forward and tripped with his foot, the referee awarded a penalty, and then Kane hit the penalty firmly to help Bayern overtake the score 2-1.
The goal allowed Kane to surpass Jota and Dardy to become the top scorer for a visiting team at the Emirates Stadium, with a total of six goals, and it was Kane's eighth penalty out of 15 against Arsenal in all competitions.
Kane has now scored 15 goals in his 20th appearance against Arsenal, only scoring more against Leicester City (20) and Everton (16), making him one of Arsenal's nemesismen.
In the 76th minute, Gabriel Jesus provided an assist after two players in the box, and Trossard followed up with a push to score to help Arsenal equalize 2-2, and the Emirates Stadium was once again in a frenzy.
At the end of the match, the two teams drew 2-2, and the suspense of promotion continued to the second leg, and Arsenal visited the Allianz Arena to challenge Bayern Munich next week.
The draw ended Arsenal's previous three defeats against Bayern, after losing three in a row and conceding 15 goals. At the same time, Arsenal denied Bayern four consecutive defeats to London, after three consecutive wins over Arsenal, Tottenham and Chelsea, with an aggregate score of 15-3.