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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Bayern Munich v Arsenal: Champions League – as it happened

* Emphatic defeat leaves Arsenal’s Champions League hopes in s 9.37pm GMT That was a fearful pasting for Arsenal, who felt the full force of an outstanding Bayern team and a wretched injury list. Wenger’s side were actually good in patches, going forward at least, but they were nonplussed for long periods, especially in the first half, and can have no argument with the result. They need to win their final two matches and hope Olympiakos lose both if they are to progress. Or they could deliberately lose both their final games, avoid the Europa League and concentrate on the Premier League, where, once they get some players back, they could yet salvage glory from the season. 9.33pm GMT 90 MIN: Arsenal’s night just got worse: Olympiakos have scored to take a last-minute 2-1 lead over Zagreb. One more point for the Greeks in their last two games puts Arsenal out. Time for Wenger to start wondering whether it’d be better to finish bottom of this group and avoid the Europa League. Continue reading...


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