Arsenal on brink after Bayern bashing

Bayern Munich 5 Arsenal 1: Arsenal’s Champions League hopes are hanging by a thread after they were blown away by Bayern Munich last night.

The Gunners came to Germany full of confidence and with history on their side having never lost at the Allianz Arena, but they were second-best throughout as Bayern showed that defeat at the Emirates Stadium a fortnight ago was the merest blip in their superb start to the season.

Robert Lewandowski put the hosts ahead early on as he sprung the rustiest of offside traps before a Thomas Muller brace as well as goals from David Alaba and substitute Arjen Robben did further damage — with Olivier Giroud scoring a scant consolation as Bayern ran out 5-1 winners.