Arsenal 3-1 Bayern Munich Highlights, UEFA Champions League: Timber Shines As Gunners Dominate Die Roten At Emirates

Hello, football fans! This is the start of our live blog for the big match on offer tonight, with Bayern Munich travelling to North London to face Arsenal. Stay tuned for the pre-match updates and line-ups as they are released.

• Fixture: Arsenal vs Bayern Munich, Matchday 5

• Venue: Emirates Stadium, London

• Date: Wednesday, November 26, 2025

• Time: 1:30 AM IST (November 27)

• Live Streaming: SonyLIV

• Live Telecast: Sony TEN 2, Sony TEN 3, Sony TEN 2 HD, Sony TEN 3 HD

Arsenal and Bayern Munich have faced each other 14 times in UEFA competitions. Bayern lead the head-to-head count with eight wins compared to Arsenal's three victories. Three games have ended in draws.

These sides last met in the 2023-24 season in the Round of 16 stage. The first leg at Emirates ended in a 2-2 draw, but Bayern won the second leg 1-0 to win the tie.

Starting XI: David Raya; Jurrien Timber, William Sabila, Christhian Mosquera, Miles Lewis-Skelly; Martin Zubimendi, Declan Rice; Bukayo Saka (c), Eberechi Eze, Leandro Trossard; Mikel Merino.

Bench: Kepa Arrizabalaga (gk), Tommy Setford (gk), Ben White, Piero Hincapie, Riccardo Calafiori, Martin Odegaard, Christian Norgaard, Noni Madueke, Ethan Nwaneri, Gabriel Martinelli.

Starting XI: Manuel Neuer (c); Konrad Laimer, Dayot Upamecano, Jonathan Tah, Josip Stanisic; Joshua Kimmich, Aleksandar Pavlovic; Lennart Karl, Michael Olise, Serge Gnabry; Harry Kane.

Bench: Sven Ulreich (gk), Jonas Urbig (gk), Min-jae Kim, Hiroki Ito, Raphael Guerreiro, Sacha Boey, Tom Bischof, Leon Goretzka, Nicolas Jackson, Wisdom Mike.

Kick-off at the Emirates! Arsenal, buoyed by their recent performances in the league, clash with Kane's Bayern in a top-of-the-table showdown – both sides unbeaten, both chasing control of the group. Stay tuned!

Arsenal's set-piece prowess almost put them a goal ahead early on! After Eze wins a free-kick, Rice floats the ball into the box. Saliba gets at the end of it. The unmarked centre-back, however, heads it agonisingly wide of Neuer's goal.

15 minutes into the clash, and it's been a weird one so far. Bayern have had the lion's share of the ball – almost 80% – but the best chances have fallen to the home side. A few mintues earlier, Merino and Trossard almost combined for a beautiful goal, but the Belgian's shot was cleared by the defence, just about.

Timber scores!! Arsenal and corners are a match made in heaven, and it bears fruit again as Saka's curling delivery is headed by Timber, who outjumped the reach of Neuer to touch it into the back of the net.

Karl scores!! Lewis-Skelly falls asleep as Kimmich's wonderful long ball from the midfield found the run of Olise. The latter opts to cross it first time, and it finds Karl, with the 17-year-old forward rolling it into a gaping net. The scores are level.

A couple of minutes after Saka almost capitalised on Gnabry's mistake and put Arsenal ahead, the home side suffer an injury blow as Trossard has to limp off the pitch, and the in-form Belgian is replaced by Noni Madueke.

The second half is underway at Emirates, and both sides have it all to play for in the second half. No half-time changes for either side. Which side will break the deadlock? Stay tuned!

The two best teams in the tournament have kept up the attacking display. Karl, tonight's teenage hero, of allowing Timber through after a poor first touch. The Dutchman's pass to Merino leads to nothing, but another mistake – this time by Kimmich – allows Saka to have a shot at goal. Neuer tips it over the bar, just about.

Saka has another foray into the Bayern box a couple of minutes later, but Laimer bravely uses his body to put his shot behind for a corner.

Arsenal are pushing hard in search of the lead, and Neuer has had to come to his side's rescue more than once to keep the scoreline intact. Moments after Merino's header from a Rice corner goes just wide, Mosquera has another chance from a free-kick. However, his header is brilliantly saved by Neuer.

Rice himself has one of the best chances of the game a couple of minutes later as he is set one-on-one against Neuer, but his close range shot is saved once again by the Bayern goalkeeper.

A double change for Arsenal. Saka hands over the captain's armband to Rice as he comes off for Gabriel Maritnelli. Lewis-Skelly looks knackered and is replaced by Riccardo Calafiori.

That was coming for a long time, and Madueke nets his first Champions League goal for the Gunners. It all comes as Upamecano gives away the ball in his own half. The ball is expertly played to Calafiori, who crosses it across to face of the goal for the onrushing Madueke to poke it past Neuer.

Olise gets dispossed in the Arsenal box, and the Gunners break with lethal pace. Eze plays a long ball towards the run of Martinelli. Neuer, who had come way up from his box, commits himself and is beaten by Martinelli near the half-way line, and the Brazilian then walks the ball into an empty net to seal the match for Arsenal.

Wholesale changes from both sides. First, Arsenal bring on Martin Odegaard and Ben White, with Eze and Timber coming off. Bayern make a triple change with Leon Goretzka, Raphael Guerreiro, and Min-jae Kim all coming on. Kimmich, Karl, and Upamecano are off.