Bayern Munich vs Arsenal LIVE: Women’s Champions League result and final score after Lea Schuller goal
Bayern Munich 1-0 Arsenal: Schuller’s first-half header means the Gunners will need to come from behind in next week’s return leg at the Emirates
Arsenal produced a battling performance at the Allianz Arena as they went down to a 1-0 defeat in their Women’s Champions League quarter-final first leg against Bayern Munich.
Lea Schuller’s first-half header saw Bayern home, yet Arsenal will fancy their chances of turning the tie around in next week’s return.
They created a number of opportunities, being denied by goal-line clearances and the woodwork as Bayern ultimately did enough to record a 13th-successive victory in all competitions this season.
Arsenal, though, showed more than enough to suggest that a semi-final appearance for the first time since 2013 was not beyond them.
Bayern Munich 0-0 Arsenal
8 mins: Foord cuts inside and take aim at goal from range. It’s blocked by Viggósdóttir, seemingly with the arm, but it’s not looked at any further.
Bayern Munich 0-0 Arsenal
6 mins: Arsenal are able to sustain their first attack as Maanum is able to receive a pass through the lines and turn. The Norwegian has been one of the players of the tournament so far for Arsenal.
Bayern Munich 0-0 Arsenal
3 mins: Bayern are being aggressive with their press in the early stages, especially towards Walti in midfield. The German side continue to be on the front foot. Buhl’s free kick from the right drifts all the way through.
Bayern Munich 0-0 Arsenal
1 min: Bayern make a fast start as a ball in towards Schuller causes a panic in the Arsenal box. Stanway then crunches into Walti in midfield and Buhl’s shot needs to be blocked by Williamson.
Bayern Munich vs Arsenal
So here we go! It’s the first competitive meeting between Bayern Munich and Arsenal and the clash comes as both teams are desperate to reach the Champions League semi-finals. Arsenal are without an appearance in the last four in 10 years, while Bayern have also been short of semi-final appearances despite regular trips to the quarter-finals.
Around 18,000 tickets have been sold for this opening match of the Women’s Champions League knockout stages, and it’s live next!
How to watch the Women’s Champions League
Every game in this season’s Women’s Champions League knockout stages is being broadcast live on streaming platform DAZN, and also on DAZN’s YouTube channel. You can set reminders to receive a notification of when the stream goes live, which is 15 minutes before the start of each match
You can sign up to DAZN where the matches will also be streamed for free across their digital platforms. The YouTube stream will also be embedded in the Uefa.com and on Uefa.tv for all Women’s Champions League games.
Bayern Munich vs Arsenal - Champions League talking points
Injury-hit Arsenal aim to end last-four absence
Arsenal, the only English club to have won the competition, back in 2007, are looking to reach the semis for the first time in 10 years, facing German opposition at this stage again after being eliminated in the 2021-22 quarter-finals by Wolfsburg.
Jonas Eidevall’s side made a very eye-catching start in their group this term, winning 5-1 at eight-time and defending champions Lyon, and would finish top of the pool – but by the final round of games had suffered the significant blow of losing forwards Beth Mead and Vivianne Miedema to ACL injuries.
The club re-signed veteran striker Jodie Taylor last week but she is not part of their Champions League squad. Currently fourth in the Women’s Super League, they have won each of the last three games, including beating Chelsea 3-1 in the League Cup final.
Bayern Munich vs Arsenal
Champions League quarter-final preview
As Arsenal travelled to Bayern Munich looking to reach what used to be familiar ground in the Women’s Champions League, Jonas Eidevall did not need to look back far to remind his players how transformative victory can be. It has been 10 years since Arsenal, the only English team to win a European title, last reached the semi-finals. Progress now would be timely, and not just for Arsenal’s development under Eidevall. It would be a significant moment for English clubs in the Champions League, as well as the tournament as a whole.
Over the past four seasons, only six teams have reached the Champions League semi-finals: Lyon, Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain, Wolfsburg, Bayern Munich and Chelsea. It is down to Arsenal defeating Bayern, or Roma stunning Barcelona, to change that line-up. That in itself is striking, given how long Arsenal were the standard bearers in women’s football in England, but in recent years it has been left to Chelsea to carry that charge amid an underperformance by Women’s Super League clubs in Europe.
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