Arsene Wenger blamed Laurent Koscielny ’ s dismissal for the 5 - 1 loss to Bayern Munich on Tuesday that condemned Arsenal to a humiliating 10 - 2 aggregate Champions League defeat .
Trailing 5 - 1 from the first leg , Arsenal pulled a goal back through Theo Walcott in the first half before Koscielny was sent off in the 54 th minute for a challenge on Robert Lewandowski .
Lewandowski scored the subsequent penalty and Bayern ran riot against Arsenal’ s 10 men as Wenger ’ s side limped out of the competition in the last 16 for the seventh season running .“ We produced the game we wanted and we were really unlucky , ” Arsenal manager Wenger told BT Sport at the Emirates Stadium .
“ Some of the decisions of the referee were very difficult to understand. Lewandowski ’ s offside , there’ s no penalty.
“ On top of that you get the red card . Of course that killed us . After that it was very difficult for us to finish the game .
“ It’ s difficult to understand what happened . My team has produced a huge effort and played very well . ”
Greek referee Tasos Sidiropoulos initially chose to book Koscielny , before showing the French centre -back a red card after consulting with the official behind the goal .
“ It’ s just not serious , ” Wenger said . “ When you see the importance of the game and you see an attitude like that .
“ I ’ m absolutely revolted and sorry for the people who paid a lot of money to watch this game . ”
A group of around 200 Arsenal fans marched in protest against Wenger prior to the game and some supporters held up “WENGER OUT ” banners at the final whistle.
Asked if the protesting fans reflected the mood at the club, Wenger replied : “ No , not at all. I have nothing to add . ”
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