Quote from: Ahli38 on Today at 08:05:40 PM

Mikel Arteta's team was not very lucky in the first leg against Bayern yesterday. But I have a feeling that in the second leg they will be able to play more aggressively even though the match will be held at the Allianz Arena or Bayern Munich's headquarters. Because I think that Arteta's team has a pretty strong mentality even when they compete at the enemy's home ground. As a simple example, we can see how Arsenal made things difficult for Manchester City when they competed at the Etihad Stadium. And maybe something similar will happen at the Allianz Arena. But if Arsenal fails then I agree that Arsenal will fight harder in the Premier League with maximum strength. Because if Arteta fails in the UCL then they must succeed in the EPL. Although Liverpool and Manchester City may still be tough rivals for Arsenal.

Apart from all that, by the way, Liverpool is currently competing in the quarter-finals of the Europa League. And they were 1 goal behind by Atalanta in the first half.

This match also ended in a draw but wasn’t short of controversies from both ends and it wasn’t also short of actions too. Yes, Arsenal really played beyond our expectations as they were able to not just control the game but also press this Bayern side till they werw able to get the equalizer and didn’t stop after the equalizer.

In all Arsenal didn’t have a bad game against Bayern just that Bayern whom we thought Arsenal should dismantle at home became so great with their counter attacks and it was pretty hard for Arsenal to catch up. Well the match will have a return leg and we’ll love to see what happens but I don’t seem to think Arsenal will be able to outplay Bayern in Germany.

⁠Bayern are good in the UCL and know how to play this competition and as such you can already imagine what they’ll be up to at the Allianz Arena in about 2 weeks. Arsenal will need very serious preparation if they want to be able to get anything off this Bayern team because this team have the experience of the Ucl and I guess we’ll see a lot of their experiences in the return leg.

Arsenal team too shouldn’t be underrated though because the team has shown massive improvement and you can see it from the way they were able to take this match. Well they’re still gonna keep gunning for the two trophies but I think they have more advantage in the EPL than the UCL because I don’t see them being able to stop either Real Madrid or City in the Semis.