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At 4/1 and 5/1 respectively, Arsenal and Bayern Munich are the favourites to win this season’s Champions League outright, and it’s not really a surprise. Both are top of their domestic leagues by six points. Both retain a 100% record in Europe going into this match – come the end of it, that obviously won’t be the case.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and his Bayern counterpart, Vincent Kompany, have spent the build up to this one talking up their opponents. Arteta believes the Gunners remain in a “different universe” to Bayern given they have yet to win the Champions League, while Kompany claim the Londoners are the “most difficult task” the Germam could be … um … tasked with. “[Arsenal] play with great physicality,” added the Bayern boss.
