10 worst Arsenal games of the 2012/13 season

5. Arsenal 1-3 Bayern Munich, Champions League Round of 16 1st Leg, Emirates Stadium, 19th February 2013

(Arsenal - Podolski 55; Bayern Munich - Kroos 7, Mueller 21, Mandzukic 77)

Arsenal’s season was in the doldrums at this stage. Already out of the title race, been knocked out by lowly Bradford in the League cup and an ouster from the FA Cup by Championship side Blackburn just 3 days earlier; they faced powerful Bayern Munich. Bayern were steamrollering their way to the Bundesliga title, 18 points of second placed Borussia Dortmund, a goal difference of 50 (It would be 80 at the end of the season), 7 clean sheets in a row, and a perfect squad with the right mix of German talent and foreign skill. That difference told as Bayern dominated a lackluster Arsenal side, taking a 2-0 lead with just 21 minutes gone. Arsenal briefly rallied, with Podolski managing to head home a goal in the 55th minute against his former employers. Olivier Giroud had a great chance to make it 2-2 but his shot could only strike the post. Bayern completed the job with a Mandzukic goal on 77 minutes.