Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was clearly not happy after the full-time whistle last night as he saw his side fall to a 2-0 home defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League last-16 first-leg.
The Gunners boss complained at Arjen Robben’s theatrics to win the visitors a penalty in the first-half, which also saw goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny see red due to being the last man and denying a goalscoring opportunity.
Despite missing that said penalty, Munich went on to ease past Arsenal and scored twice in the second-half which sees them all-but through to the Quarter Finals of the competition.
After the game, Wenger said that Munich’s diving ruined the game and cost his side any chance at all of getting a result.
“It killed the game,” said the Arsenal boss. “These rules are different in every country. In Italy, they send off for these kind of fouls.
“Our keeper went genuinely for the ball. He touched Robben, who certainly made more of it. I told him (Robben) afterwards.
“Wojciech misjudged the situation but there was no clear desire to make a foul, he misjudged the ball.
“Robben has enough experience to know to make more of it. Overall, I felt Bayern made more of every single contact and we are not used to it in England.
“The fouls that were given are not given in the Premier League, but we have to get used to it and accept it.
“The game delivered what it promised at the start. The game was top quality until then (the penalty) but in the second half I think it was, for neutral people, boring.
“It was one-way traffic and the referee made a decision that basically killed the game.”
Written by Alex Batt – @AlexBatt – @AlexsArticles
