The Bayern Munich shotstopper and captain Manuel Neuer laid bare where his side fell short in their 3-1 defeat to Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League. Mincing no words, Neuer accepted the bitterness of the team’s first loss in the season and was not happy with the weak display in the second half.
Speaking after the game hosted at Arsenal’s home in London, Neuer had to admit that the Gunners were the better side. “It doesn’t feel good of course. We would’ve liked to win today, but when you look at the second
half, Arsenal deserved their win. I think we weren’t quite there in the key moments and didn’t create enough chances, especially in the second half. It was a fair result,” said Neuer (as captured by @iMiaSanMia).
On his part, the captain made some crucial saves, five in total compared to David Raya’s solo save. While Raya was not tested sufficiently by Bayern, several key moments such as duels, corners, getting out of sticky situations saw Arsenal outplay the visitors nearly every time. While the Bavarians needed a lot of defensive effort to get the ball out from their own half, Arsenal were accomplishing the same with relative ease. These are definite areas where Bayern’s manager Vincent Kompany and the senior players need to find solutions.
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