Our old foe again!!

Arsenal have lost in the last 16 for six seasons in a row; to end that run, they must overcome a Bayern München side who beat them at this stage in 2013 and 2014.
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Arsenal FC have not been past the round of 16 since 2009/10; to end that run they must overcome familiar opponents FC Bayern München, who have beaten the Gunners at this stage twice in recent years.
Previous meetings
• The teams have met ten times, all since 2000/01. The German club have won five of those games and the English side three, with Bayern knocking out Arsenal in the round of 16 in 2004/05, 2012/13 and 2013/14.
• In last term's group stage, Arsenal overcome Bayern 2-0 in north London thanks to goals from Olivier Giroud and Mesut Özil.
• However, the German team triumphed 5-1 back in Munich with Thomas Müller (2), David Alaba and Arjen Robben on the scoresheet. Giroud again scored for Arsenal.
• The line-ups in Munich on 4 November 2015 were:
Bayern: Neuer, Lahm, Boateng (Benatia 68), Javi Martínez, Alaba, Xabi Alonso, Thiago, Müller, Douglas Costa, Coman (Robben 54), Lewandowski (Vidal 71).
Arsenal : Čech, Debuchy, Mertesacker, Gabriel, Monreal, Santi Cazorla (Chambers 87), Coquelin, Campbell (Gibbs 59), Özil, Alexis Sánchez, Giroud (Iwobi 85).
• Arsenal drew 1-1 at the Fußball Arena München in the 2013/14 round of 16 second leg when Lukas Podolski, returning to his former club, equalised within two minutes of Bastian Schweinsteiger putting the hosts ahead. Arsenal went out of the competition having lost 2-0 at home, with Müller once more on target.
• The line-ups in Munich on 11 March 2014 were:
Bayern: Neuer, Lahm, Javi Martínez, Dante, Alaba, Robben, Schweinsteiger, Thiago, Ribéry (Müller 85), Götze (Kroos 59), Mandžukić.
Arsenal: Fabiański, Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Vermaelen, Arteta (Gnabry 77), Özil (Rosický 46), Cazorla, Podolski, Oxlade-Chamberlain (Flamini 84), Giroud.
• At the same stage of the previous season the Gunners won 2-0 in Germany , Giroud and Laurent Koscielny finding the net. They exited on away goals having lost 3-1 at home where Müller again scored.
• The other two meetings in Bavaria both resulted in Bayern victories, in the 2004/05 round of 16 (3-1) and the 2000/01 second group stage (1-0) .
Match background
Bayern
• This is Bayern's 17th encounter with English opponents in the last five seasons. They have won the last three such home games but previously had not prevailed in four in Bavaria, including the 2012 final defeat on penalties by Chelsea FC.
• Bayern's overall home record against English teams is W13 D6 L3.
• Under Josep Guardiola, Bayern were losing UEFA Champions League semi-finalists in each of the last three campaigns, beaten on away goals by Club Atlético de Madrid last term .
• At this stage a year ago, Bayern progressed against Juventus (2-2 a , 4-2 aet h ). They last lost in the round of 16 in 2010/11 when FC Internazionale Milano prevailed on away goals
(0-1 h , 3-2 a ).
• Bayern have posted 15 straight home wins in the UEFA Champions League – a competition best – including three this season.
Arsenal
• The Gunners finished top of Group A, two points ahead of Paris Saint-Germain, staying unbeaten away from home (W2 D1). They also avoided defeat at home and the last time they won their group unbeaten (2005/06), they went on to reach the final.
• In each of the last six seasons Arsenal have fallen in the round of 16, going down 5-1 on aggregate to FC Barcelona in 2015/16 ( 0-2 h ,
1-3 a ).
• Arsenal have lost three of their last seven European away matches; before that they had met defeat only twice in 11 games on the road.
• In Germany they have lost two matches and drawn one on their last three visits; in the five before that they won three and drew two.
• Their record against German clubs away from home is W5 D5 L7; overall it is W16 D6 L12.
Coach and player links
• With AC Sparta Praha, Chelsea and Arsenal, Petr Čech has faced Bayern on eight occasions (W3 D1 L4). His most notable success came in Chelsea's 2012 UEFA Champions League triumph in the Fußball Arena München. In extra time Čech saved Arjen Robben's penalty. Müller had given Bayern the lead with seven minutes of normal time remaining.
• Carlo Ancelotti coached Čech at Chelsea from 2009 to 2011. Together they won the Premier League and FA Cup in 2009/10.
• Mesut Özil has scored four goals in his 15 appearances against Bayern.
• Robben has taken on Arsenal 12 times for PSV, Chelsea and Bayern (W7 D4 L1), scoring twice.
• With Liverpool FC, Xabi Alonso faced Arsenal 13 times (W4 D4 L5).
• Jérôme Boateng spent 2010/11 with Manchester City FC.
• Granit Xhaka was part of the Basel squad that
lost 7-0 at Bayern in the 2011/12 last 16 second leg, Robben netting twice.
• Xhaka tackled Bayern eight times while playing for VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (W2 D3 L3).
• Francis Coquelin spent 2013/14 on loan at SC Freiburg.
• In the first leg of the 2012/13 semi-final, Lewandowski scored all four against Özil's Real Madrid in a 4-1 Borussia Dortmund win.
• Müller got three goals and Robben two against Alexis Sánchez's Barcelona in a 7-0 aggregate win (4-0 h , 3-0 a ) in the 2012/13 UEFA Champions League semi-finals.
• Theo Walcott scored in Arsenal's 2-1 defeat by Douglas Costa's FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the 2010/11 group stage.
• Müller registered in Germany's 2-1 win in a Paris friendly on 6 February 2013 against a France team containing Franck Ribéry, Koscielny and Giroud. Philipp Lahm and Özil played for the visitors.
• Giroud scored in France's 2-1 friendly victory in Bremen on 29 February 2012 against a Germany side featuring Boateng, Özil, Müller and Manuel Neuer. Ribéry also played for the visitors.
• Sánchez was on target in Chile's 2-0 win over Costa's Brazil in a FIFA World Cup qualifier on 8 October 2015.
• Have played together:
Mesut Özil, Shkodran Mustafi & Manuel Neuer, Boateng, Thomas Müller, Mats Hummels, Joshua Kimmich and Lahm (Germany)
Santi Cazorla, Nacho Monreal & Javi Martínez, Juan Bernat, Thiago Alcántara and Alonso (Spain)
Mathieu Debuchy, Giroud, Koscielny & Kingsley Coman and Ribéry (France)
Sánchez & Arturo Vidal (Chile)
Özil & Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid 2010–13)
Sánchez and Thiago Alcántara (Barcelona 2011–13)
Čech and Robben (Chelsea 2004–07)
Match facts
Bayern
• Lahm and Boateng are a booking away from a ban.
• Bayern are 11 games unbeaten, winning ten of them, since the 3-2 loss to FC Rostov on matchday five.
• Ancelotti's men will host FC Schalke 04 in the German Cup quarter-finals on 1 March.
• Lahm announced on 7 February that he will retire at the end of the season, despite his contract running until summer 2018.
• Ribéry (out since 31 January, hamstring) has missed Bayern's last two games. Boateng has not played since undergoing pectoral muscle surgery on 20 December.
• Lewandowski, named Poland's footballer of the year for the sixth consecutive season on 4 February, has scored 30 goals in 33 outings for club and country this term.
• Lewandowski (until 2021), Rafinha (2018) and Robben (2018) have penned contract extensions since matchday six.
• TSG 1899 Hoffenheim's German internationals Niklas Süle and Sebastian Rudy will join Bayern on 1 July.
UEFA Champions League squad changes
• In : Christian Früchtl
• Out : Holger Badstuber, Julian Green
Arsenal
• Arsenal have won eight of their 13 games since matchday six, losing four of them.
• Making his first start since 8 May 2016 after knee surgery, Danny Welbeck scored twice in a 5-0 FA Cup fourth round victory at Southampton FC on 28 January.
• Theo Walcott registered a hat-trick, his fifth for the Gunners, against Southampton.
• Arsenal will play fifth-tier Sutton United FC in the FA Cup fifth round on 20 February.
• Aaron Ramsey was ruled out for three weeks after suffering a calf strain in the 2-1 home loss to Watford FC on 31 January.
• Héctor Bellerín was substituted with a head injury sustained while trying to prevent Chelsea FC's first goal in the Gunners' 3-1 loss at Stamford Bridge on 4 February. However, he played all of Saturday's 2-0 defeat of Hull City AFC.
UEFA Champions League squad changes
• In : Ryan Huddart, Per Mertesacker, Reiss Nelson, Danny Welbeck
• Out : Chuba Akpom, Krystian Bielik, Marc Bola, Aaron Eyoma, Kaylen Hinds, Carl Jenkinson, Stephy Mavididi, Tyrell Robinson, Gedion Zelalem

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E blike say na 3 times

optional1:
collins collinx collins how many times i call you....

collinometricx:
E blike say na 3 times

good ur brain still dey there...

But wait y u der call mhi?

optional1:


good ur brain still dey there...

shay i no fit call you ni

collinometricx:
But wait y u der call mhi?

well I just wan check on you... How your leg?

U fit call mhi ni

optional1:
shay i no fit call you ni



well I just wan check on you... How your leg?

fine

collinometricx:
U fit call mhi ni fine

collins how far?

optional1:


collins how far?

I just der

Omooba77:
Our old foe again!!

they are not the force they were before.

purplekayc:
they are not the force they were before.

You sure bout that bro

SirWere:
You sure bout that bro

they have some ageing players
Lham is retiring
Etc
They are now being are now being challenge for the bundesliga not like before that they were dominant
Lizping and borrusia durtmond are up their herls

purplekayc:
they have some ageing players
Lham is retiring
Etc
They are now being are now being challenge for the bundesliga not like before that they were dominant
Lizping and borrusia durtmond are up their herls

Bro, this your kind of confidence, I need it

This thread gats need to be derailed.... Optional1

This game ehhnn. won't be surprised is Arsenal win sha

If Arsenal win and quallfy for round of 8 make i deactivate.

collinometricx:
This thread gats need to be derailed.... Opti1

modified: If Assnal qualify for next round i will deactivate....
Guru9ja take note again.

optional1:
If Arsenal win and quallfy for round of 8 make i deactivate.

u don come aqain abi

Another Rape. .



Wait for it. . .

We the Proud fans of Chelsea, are behind our friends from the North part of London today.

go gunners!

can arsenal f:ouk Bayern the psg f ;Duck Barcelona

Arsenal Fans Vs. Arsene Wenger...after the match.

Walkover match.
3-1 in favour of Arsenal

Bayern will kick arsenal back home tonight

[center]I juz dey pity Arsenal. As far as Champions' League is concerned, they're out. There is no way they can beat Bayern Munich. They should try again next season.[/center]

optional1:
If Arsenal win and quallfy for round of 8 make i deactivate.

Optional1 and yedidiah, are we supporting these guys or are we here to derail?

Bayern 1:2 Arsenal

The score is 1 - 3

Arsenal`s defeat is inevitable!

Like PSG demystify Barca so would it be this evening. IJN. Amen.