In the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals in the early morning of Thursday (18th), Beijing time, Arsenal lost 0-1 to Bayern Munich away, and the two legs were 2-3 in total. This is the fifth time in Arsenal's history that they have been eliminated by Bayern Munich in the Champions League, and it seems to be Arsenal's nemesis. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta admitted after the game that the team still had shortcomings in the top competition and needed to "pay fees".
With the score of 2-2 in the first leg, it was clear that the two teams played a very conservative game, with few threatening shots on goal. After changing sides, Arsenal's physical fitness dropped significantly, Bayern Munich began to taste the sweetness, Goretzka had a header to hit the post, and in the 63rd minute of the game, Rafael Guerreiro crossed from the left, Kimmich rushed forward to break the net, and Arsenal was powerless to chase at the end of the game, and finally lost out.
Arteta said after the game: "We haven't reached the last eight of the Champions League for 14 years, there must be a reason, of course we want to go back to the Champions League, but the quality of the teams in the last eight is close, and it must be the details that make or break and this is a key detail that we don't have for the time being, so we need to learn. There are no words of consolation, but I and the coaches will be with the players, it's an honour to be their manager and I'll find a way to help them because there's another big game on Saturday."
Arsenal faced Bayern Munich in the knockout rounds of the Champions League 5 times, all of them were eliminated, and the first 4 times (2005, 2013, 2014, 2017) were kicked out in the knockout round of 16 of the Champions League, and only Real Madrid eliminated Bayern (6 times) in the history of the Champions League is a more "nemesis" match.