#2 Walcott needed ball in behind more often
The Arsenal attacker was in a real mood to cause probems for Bayern, putting a lot of pressure on their left back David Alaba and left centre back Mats Hummels in particular with some driving surges.
He might have even been awarded a penalty early on had the referee been as careless with the decision as he had been with plenty of the other incidents around the park, such as when he cautioned Walcott and David Alaba for some handbags on the touchline a few minutes later. But it wasn’t to be, and justifiably so.
The first goal of the game saw Walcott exert his dominance, allowing him to use his pace and acceleration to free up space for the shot, but he wasn’t played in down that right-hand side often enough as the game edged on.
The great Shkodran Mustafi pass in the 34th minute that almost set Walcott in to replicate the match’s opener was about as close as they came to slipping through for a second on the night, but the final effort was smashed into the side-netting.
