#4 Lack of clinical finishing cost Arsenal
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When Arsenal were still in the ascendancy, they could have gone 2-0 up and pushed on to make Bayern more jittery, but they allowed themselves to be their own worst enemies as they wasted a few key opportunities.
Alexis Sanchez, Nacho Monreal and Olivier Giroud linked up well to fashion a chance in the 37th minute that went amiss as well as Walcott blasting an effort wide, as mentioned above.
Giroud again came close with a header following that, but when he should have done better with time to aim towards Manuel Neuer’s back post, he directed the ball over the bar.
It might be a stretch to say they should have been ahead by a few clear goals by half time, but they certainly should have made more of the opportunities they did craft – they were always going to need to be within touching distance with an hour gone and they were nowhere near that.
