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77 min: Diaz picks up possession from Davies on the left-hand corner of the Arsenal box, and warms Raya’s palms with a next-to-no-backlift curler towards the bottom right. Fine play all round.
75 min: Bayern stroke it around patiently. Neither team seems willing to make a big move right now.
73 min: The pace drops. The Bayern fans are in good voice nonetheless.
71 min: Bischof steals the ball off Lewis-Skelley and feeds Kane, who in turn releases Davies down the left. Davies makes his way into the Arsenal box, but Madueke gets back on the cover to usher the ball out for a goal kick. Arsenal were in a bit of bother for second there, so they can be thankful to Madueke for his hard work, and to Kane for hesitating a little bit too much upon launching that counter.
69 min: … and Arsenal respond by replacing Guimaraes and Havertz with Gyökeres and Lewis-Skelly.
68 min: Bayern replace Saibari and Gnabry with Luis Diaz and Karl …
67 min: Odegaard curls the free kick into the mixer. Havartz tries to prod home from a mid a melee. He can’t do it. Bayern counter en masses, and Laimer creams a low drive inches wide of the left-hand post.
66 min: Eze one-twos with Havertz down the inside left and draws a foul from Laimer. A free kick, just outside the box to the left. Odegaard to take.
64 min: Bayern press, Bayern probe.
63 min: Raya is fouled as the corner comes in, and the pressure is off Arsenal. But Bayern are clearly in the mood for more. A big five-to-ten minutes coming up.
62 min: Davies jinks in from the left and should shoot. He overthinks it and is crowded out. That was a decent half-chance. But Bayern come again, Gnabry winning a corner down the right. Bischof to take.
GOAL! Bayern Munich 2-1 Arsenal (Kane 61 pen)
Kane makes no mistake! A stuttered run-up. Then a whip into the top left, Raya having been sent the other way. Unstoppable, even if Raya had decided correctly.
Penalty to Bayern!
60 min: A low cross from the right finds Kane on the edge of the box. Kane smacks a drive goalwards. Timber, sliding in with one arm up, pays the price for doing so, the ball hitting that arm. Penalty!
58 min: Bischof pings a diagonal towards Kane on the left-hand edge of the Arsenal D. Kane heads down to Davies, who can’t get to the ball in time for a shot. But no matter from Bayern’s perspective, because …
56 min: The first lull in a long while.
54 min: Eze enters the box and drops a shoulder to get past Laimer down the left. He shoots from a tight angle. There’s a melee, and the ball’s eventually hacked clear. Both defences creaking a bit, but holding firm at the moment.
52 min: Tah plays a long pass down the left to find Saibari, who enters the Arsenal box before scuffing his shot. Saibari’s got himself into some good positions tonight, only to … well, that’s a start, though, isn’t it?
50 min: … and now it’s Raya’s turn to make an outstanding stop! Gnabry crosses from the right. Upamecano powers a header goalwards; from point-blank range, Raya somehow parry-scoops away! Two of the finest saves you’ll see in a long while!
48 min: … but Arsenal have come back out with intent, too, and Eze wins the first corner since the restart with a dribble down the left. Rice hits it long. Guimaraes wins a header at the far stick, six yards out. He plants a downward header towards the bottom right. It’s surely a goal, but Neuer somehow shovels it up off the line, off the crossbar, and away. What a save! Not quite on the Banks-Pele level, but not far off!
46 min: Kane is quickly on the ball, nearly releasing Gnabry down the middle with a route-one pass. Gabriel is on point to intercept. So close to a super-fast start to the second half for the hosts.
Bayern get the second half started. They’ve made a change, switching out Minjae Kim for Jonathan Tah.
Half-time entertainment.
HALF TIME: Bayern Munich 1-1 Arsenal
It took a while for his match to get going, but it was worth the wait. Odegaard to Eze was sensational; so was Kane to Davies. Good luck predicting the outcome of this.
45 min +1: Raya picks the corner without fuss.
45 min: Kane plays a cute pass round the corner to release Gnabry down the right. Davies is free on the left, but Gnabry opts to shoot from distance. Poor decision. His effort is deflected out for a corner, but Davies had Raya and the goal in his sights. There will be two additional minutes.
44 min: Davies is everywhere at the moment. He barrels down the left and earns Bayern a corner. Gnabry whips towards the near post, where Timber heads clear. Bayern have been much improved in the last few minutes; what a difference a goal makes.
42 min: Rice’s delivery skims off the top of Laimer’s head at the near post. The ball nearly loops into the bottom right. Calafiori tries to force it home, but can only ripple the side netting. Laimer gets away with a big one there, because for a couple of split seconds, that had own goal written all over it.
41 min: Kane shoots. Blocked. Arsenal counter. Eze crosses from the left. That’s deflected out for a corner. This isn’t going to end 1-1.
39 min: Kane is caught late by Konsa’s lunge on the halfway line. Bayern are gifted the advantage, but Davies and Gnabry aren’t able to combine as they barrel towards the Arsenal box. Rice gets in the road to nix the attack. Then Konsa goes into the book. Kane is not happy with his England team-mate.
37 min: That was a peach of a goal. What a finish! But what a pass! Good luck deciding which of the Odegaard-Eze and Kane-Davies combinations is the most outrageously good. You could spend all night debating it. The assists and finishes so far tonight have been from the top drawer.
GOAL! Bayern Munich 1-1 Arsenal (Davies 35)
… so having said that, they split Arsenal open with absurd ease! Another Kane pass from deep. Almost from the centre spot, he forensically rolls a pass down the inside-left channel to release Davies, who gets in ahead of last man Timber, opens his body upon reaching the edge of the box, and passes across Raya and into the bottom right!
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