McCabe's Gunners fall behind to Bayern in Champions League last-eight tie

22.03.2023 - 02:13 rte.ie

Arsenal produced a battling performance at the Allianz Arena as they went down to a 1-0 defeat in their Women's Champions League quarter-final first leg against Bayern Munich.

Lea Schuller's first-half header saw Bayern home, yet Arsenal will fancy their chances of turning the tie around in next week's return.

They created a number of opportunities, being denied by goal-line clearances and the woodwork as Bayern ultimately did enough to record a 13th-successive victory in all competitions this season.

Arsenal, though, showed more than enough to suggest that a semi-final appearance for the first time since 2013 was not beyond them.

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