Arsenal were 2-1 down, including Harry Kane scoring for Bayern Munich from the spot, before Leandro Trossard made it 2-2 with the second leg a week away
as equals and, after a riveting night’s work that leaves this quarter-final tantalisingly poised, they made their point. This second-half salvage job was all the more impressive given they had squandered an early lead and, for a time, summoned visions of the 5-1 routs inflicted in their last three meetings.
Within 12 minutes the fizz became an explosion. Arsenal had already served notice that they might outmatch Bayern for intensity, Gabriel Martinelli shooting just wide after Saka had nipped ahead of Alphonso Davies, and their insistent running soon bore fruit. Davies partly halted a Saka burst down the right but Kai Havertz was sharper than Gnabry to the loose ball and allowed Ben White to play a smart 10-yard pass into the box.
Just after the half-hour it was, against all previous indications, two and Arsenal could curse a defensive naivety that had resurfaced from nowhere. Sané was allowed to scythe into their area and, after Jorginho had missed a challenge and Gabriel pulled out of one, William Saliba clumsily intervened. Kane was always going to assume penalty duties and, facing down 60,000 jeers, stayed cool.
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