Key Incidents:
Goal (Arsenal) (66) – A long ball finally paid off, as the defender missed it allowing Henry in. His low shot went under Kahn to give us a fortunate lead.
Man of The Match – Philippe Senderos
Player Ratings
Jens Lehmann - 7 - Made some good punches from corners, and made one great reaction save from a thunderbolt of a shot from Ballack.
Ashley Cole - 6 - Allowed players to get to the by-line far too easily. Hardly featured going forward as Arsenal offered little in that area.
Kolo Toure - 6.5 - Lets just say it was an improvement upon his first leg performance! He had one of two wobbles, but generally had an average game.
Philippe Senderos - 8 - Now here we have a player who is making his Champions League debut, has rarely featured in our first team, and has spent more time out through Injury than he has in training. Should he really be our best player tonight, in a big, crucial game such as this? The answer quite simply is no! With the likes of Henry, Bergkamp, Reyes, Ljungberg, Cole and Vieira all on the field you would have expected at least half of them to turn in professional and committed displays. But no! It was only Senderos who even looked like he wanted the ball for the first hour of the match. When everyone else stood still it was him making himself available and doing his best to help out where he could. He got up well for every header and put in some great challenges. One mistake in the ninety minutes was all that he made. It was good to see him have such a good game against quality opposition, as while his previous performances were also good his credentials were questioned due to the fact that these teams were lowly teams such as Sheffield United and Pompey. Tonight, he was immense and by far and away our best player, putting the experienced lads to shame.
Lauren - 6.5 - Got forward well, but also allowed people to get past him with a great deal of ease.
Jose Reyes - 5 - My God did he have a poor game! What an absolute shocker he had! He never looked like he was in the game; his head was clearly off in the clouds. He wasn't alert for the first twenty minutes, and even when he did look for the ball his first touch was poor and he failed to keep possession. His passing was average at best and he always had his back to goal. Whatever happened to the Reyes of mid August, who would pick the ball up and just run at defenders with no fear? Now he looks for a simple pass and nothing more. One of a few players who didn't have the impact that they should have had.
Patrick Vieira - 6 - In this game it was hard to see our midfield. Vieira did little to help this, and he was another who had a poor game. He didn't hold the ball, up or play a simple ball; instead he continually lost out and allowed Munich to over run the midfield.
Mathieu Flamini - 6.5 - Even Flamini, who has been the highlight of the last few weeks, had a largely ineffective game. He made fewer tackles than normal and was surprisingly run ragged by the Munich midfield.
Freddie Ljungberg - 6 - He scrapped away for a while but seemed to give up midway through the second half.
Thierry Henry - 6.5 - Well at least he made some runs! His passing wasn't great, but he was the only attacking player to make continual runs looking for space. He got his reward when he got his goal.
Dennis Bergkamp - 6 - He was disappointing today. Much was made of his return to the side, but he failed to deliver. The flicks weren't quite coming off and he was caught in possession.
Subs:
Robert Pires - 6 - Made a few runs and was actually beating defenders. However, he wasn't looking very sharp, and had to be fed the ball while under no pressure to do anything with it.
Cesc Fabregas – 6 - Replaced Flamini as a more attacking option. However, he hit the Bayern brick wall and had little penetration.
Robin Van Persie - 6 - Played as an out and out centre forward, but had little time to influence a game which was already slipping away.