Arsenal vs Bayern Munich Live Score and Commentary, International Champions Cup, 2017

That's all from me then... ARSENAL HAVE BEATEN BAYERN! WOOT! WOOT!

Anirudh Menon signing out,

Toodle-ooo!

BAYERN - SAVED EMILIANO MARTINEZ PULLS OFF A SUPERB SAVE AS BERNAT STROKES A WEAK PENALTY TO THE YOUNG ARGENTINE'S LEFT!

3-2 Arsenal WIN!

ARSENAL - THE EXCELLENT IWOBI STEPS UP AND SMASHES IT BELOW FRUCHTIL'S BODY!

3-2

BAYERN - SANCHES STEPS UP AND HAMMERS IT AGAINST THE CROSSBAR! ADVANTAGE ARSENAL!

2-2

ARSENAL - GOAL! NACHO SMASHES IT EVEN HARDER STILL, AND THE KEEPER STANDS NO CHANCE, DESPITE DIVING THE RIGHT WAY

2-2

BAYERN - GOAL! COMAN SMASHES IT INTO THE FAR CORNER, BUT EMI MARTINEZ WAS NOT TOO FAR AWAY!

2-1

ARSENAL - SAVED! MO ELNENY TRIES TO STEER IT INTO THE RIGHT BUT FRUCHTIL SAVES WELL!

1-1

BAYERN - HUMMELS SENDS EMI MARTINEZ THE OTHER WAY AND SMASHES IT INTO THE INSIDE OF THE FAR CORNER. LOVELY KICK

1-1

ARSENAL - RAMSEY SCORES!

1-0

BAYERN FIRST - ALABA PENALTY SAVED!

0-0

THERE WILL BE PENALTIES!!! OH WOW!

PEEP! PEEP!

THE LAST KICK OF THE GAME IS IN AN EQUALISER!

OOOO THAT WAS A LOVELY BALL! AARON RAMSEY SWEEPS PAST BERNAT WITH A SUPERB RUN BEFORE HE STANDS ONE IN THAT ALEX IWOBI MEETS WITH A SUPERB HEADER (AT THE END OF A LOVELY RUN)

93' GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAL! IWOBI!!!!!!!!!!!

92' Theo Walcott offside... as my boss Amartojit Basu just put it - Story of his life. *Sigh*

91' Iwobi does well to stop a lovely little twinkling Borsch run and Arsenal look they'll see this half through: FOUR MINUTES ADDED ON.. WHY, GOOD LORD, WHY!

90' Only for Coman to intercept and start another sweeping Bayern passing game.

89' The corner is nothing special, and Arsenal move forward...

88' Wintzheimer is holding up play rather well... and Sanches finds his old self within himself with a lovely little scoop that sets Bernat off. The left back unselfishly tries to play it back to Wintzheimer but Monreal gets a lanky leg in. The veteran has been excellent today

85' Corner for Bayern as Nelson sweeps in with an immaculate tackle... the corner is rubbish but the Bavarians come rampaging forward and Bernat plays in Alaba (who finds himself as CF) and tries a twirly back-heel that connects with naught but fresh air.

84' Yellow for Willock for tripping up Friedl... from the corner, Ramsey does well to clear it out for just a throw-in!

83' Felix Gotze tries to play in Wintzheimer but Cohen Bramall, factory worker a year ago (love these fairy tale stories), steps into ensure Martinez isn't called into play yet.

81' Friedl runs at Niles and does well to win a throw in that brings a host of Bayern players forward; before they embark on their pass-pass-pass routine

80' OOOO THEO WALCOTT! The Englishman who fancies himself on the left wing at the moment screams past the defence and curls the ball into young Fruchtil's gloves

79' Sanches release Wintzheimer on the break, but the young man, just 17, hasn't bent his run enough and it's offside. Good call, that

78' Ramsey swaggers through three challenges before he runs into the massive frame of Sanches... and Bayern's juniors do what their seniuirs were doing so casually all day - pass it around with quiet nonchalance

77' After a short drinks break to cool everyone in the Chinese heat the game is away... THE UNIDENTIFIED PLAYER IS RIBERY - YES! - and the veteran makes way after a superb performance

74' Senior statesman Theo Walcott is having a bit of trouble playing football - he has given the ball away more than he's actually completed passes,

Meanwhile, Ancelotti makes a rash of subs as FRIEDL, DORCH, FELIX GOTZE (MARIO's BROTHER) are taken for Tolisso, Rafinha and another as yet unidentified player... unidentified 'cos COME ON HOW MANY SUBSTITUTIONS CAN A MAN KEEP TRACK OF! AAAARGH!

73' Welbeck is taken of Nketiah... this is Arsenal U-20 at the moment!

72' Ramsey sends Renato Sanches for a cuppa with a superb turn in the centre of the park - the Portuguese youngster looks untterly bereft of confidence, and it's quite understandable isn't it

71' GOALKEEPER CHANGE! EMILIANO MARTINEZ ON to replace PETR CECH

70' The freekick is useless, but Nelson tries to keep the ball alive with some more tricky footwork... Bayern are too strong, though

69' Nelson catches Pantovic out with a lovely little shuffle of his feet and Arsenal have a decent chance with a free kick that the youngster himself stands over

68' Bayern rampage forward and it's a corner that proves to be nothing other than a routine catch for Cech....

66' Iwobi is playing well here and he passes it onto Ramsey who tries to bully his way -rugby style - through the Bayern defense, but nothing doing!

65' From the freekick it's almost a Bayern chance! But Cech wins the race against Ribery and heads it clear somewhere near the halfway line. Ancelotti throws on his youngsters - Milos Pantovic for James; Manuel Wintzheimer for Lewandowski, the young lad is quite the striker and has scored bundles of goals for Bayern B

63' OH! OH! OH! ALEX IWOBI PLUCKS THE BALL OUT OF THIN AIR WITH A LOVELY TOUCH BEFORE LAYING IT OFF TO WELBECK, BUT THE STRIKER CANT FINISH - IWOBI RESCUES THE MOVE WITH A LOVELY NUTMEG HIS UNCLE WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD TO PULL OFF IN HIS HEYDAY.... and it's a foul for Arsenal at the edge of the box

61' Arsenal attempt to up the tempo but Walcott's ball is to the exact point Brammall had been at five seconds ago... Wenger takes the break the throw-in offers by throwing on Aaron Ramsey to replace Granit Xhaka!

59' The free kick peters out harmlessly... as Alaba's left footed curler doesn't trouble Cech all that much

58' OUCH! ELNENY SMASHES INTO TOLISSO - THE FRENCH MIDFIELDER OVEREXTENDED HIMSELF AND ELNENY HAD EYES ONLY FOR THE BALL... I can understand why the ref saw it as a foul Bayern's way, though

57' The Arsenal youngsters are putting up a fight here it has to be said - and have done rather well to keep Bayern at bay... Bernat tries to change all that by running at Miles, but he's forced inside. The move ends when a Sanches snapshot bounces harmlessly into Cech's waiting arms

54' OUCH! RIBERY RACES PAST NILES BUT THE YOUNGSTER DOES SUPREMELY WELL TO PUT IN A TACKLE AND TAKE OUT BALL AND MAN! THe Frenchman seems in a spot of pain there

52' Walcott's setpiece smacks Sanches' Predator-esque noggin' straight-on, and then one more baffling decision goes against the Gunners as Bayern get a free kick that seemed destined to go against him

51' Xhaka does well to draw a foul from young Sanches and Walcott and Brammall stand over it. Oh, and Willock is also on - these friendlies are a nightmare if you want to keep up with substitutions

50' Bramall gets pulled up by Cohen Bramall and it's a free kick for Bayern - the Germans look like they are going for the kill here.... but Ribery falls over Nelsen and the ref asks him to get off his backside.

48' Coman skins past Brammall and Lewandowski attempts no shot as he lets it run through to James Rodriguez, whose shot is smothered by Cech for a corner

47' Look's like Arsene's gone back to a good old back-four; Iwobi's through ball goes straight to Fruchtil.

46' Ries Nelsen runs at Bernat and does well to win a throw-in, from which Iwobi tries a sprawling crossfield ball that finds naught but Rafinha

PEEP! PEEP! WE'RE OFF AGAIN!

SUBSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE BOARD - KINGSLEY COMAN, FRUCHTIL and RENATO SANCHES FOR MULLER, STARKE AND MARTINEZ; Arsenal bring on COHEN BRAMALL, THEO WALCOTT and JAY-JAY OKOCHA'S NEPHEW ON - COQUELIN, OZIL, LACAZETTE, BIELIK out

PEEP! HALFTIME! 1-0 Bayern Munich and the Germans are looking physically fitter, and by some margin.

Arsenal vs Bayern Munich Live Score and Commentary, International Champions Cup, 2017

Bayern Munich 1 - 1 Arsenal (8' Lewandowski; 93' Iwobi) (2-3 on penalties) ARSENAL WIN!