Arsenal and Bayern Munich play draw in the Alienz Arena as they held the Bavarians to a 1-1 draw in the Champions League on Tuesday but it was not enough to stop the title holders from reaching the quarterfinals 3-1 on aggregate comfortably.
Bastian Schweinsteiger scored in the 55th minute putting bayern ahead before Lukas Podolski scored a consalation goal in the Allianz Arena when he fired into the roof of the net two minutes later. It would be recalled that Bayern was defeated 2-0 in the second leg at the same stage of the competition last year but a repeat performance never looked plausible as Bastian Schweinsteiger put Pep Guardiola's side in front early in the second half. Javi Martinez had a goal disallowed for offside in the 26th minute and Robben had two dangerous efforts cut out by defenders as Bayern tried to turn the screw. Fabianski came to the rescue when he got down to save Mario Goetze's low shot seconds before the break.
Lukasz Fabianski,also saved Thomas Muller's stoppage-time penalty after Laurent Koscielny fowled Arjen Robben. The Bavarian giants went away on away goals against Wenger's men just last year but this was a far more comfortable victory as they won 3-1 on aggregrate just after 12 months.
Also,in Spain, Athletico Madrid sent four goals to stop seven times winners Ac milan from reaching the quarterfinals as they qualified on an aggregrate of 5 goals to 1. Diego Costa opened the goal scoring form 3 minutes into the game to put Athletico Madrid ahead only for Kaka to equalise in the 27th minutes with a header, before Arda Turan's deflected effort sailed past Christian Abbiati five minutes before halftime to restore the home team's lead. Raul Garcia scored a header in the 71st minute before Costa struck again in the 85th minutes.
Athletico Madrid and Bayern Munich will now await their fate on March 21,when the draws for the quarterfinals will be done.
