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Four Arsenal players and their manager Mikel Arteta have been savaged by German newspaper Bild for their performance in Wednesday night's 1-0 Champions League defeat by Bayern Munich.
Following last week's 2-2 first-leg draw in London, Arteta's side struggled to lay a glove on the German giants and were dumped out of the competition, only three days after defeat in the league dealt a hammer blow to their title aspirations.
Bayern found a lot joy down the Gunners' right-hand side. Indeed, their 67th-minute winner from Joshua Kimmich came via a cross from that flank. Therefore, it's little surprise to see the players involved so harshly rated.
Three of the four Gunners stars given a '5' by Bild – with 1 being their best rating and 6 being the worst – were predictably operating on the right.
Bukayo Saka caught most of the flack post-match after his anonymous display that was topped off by a woeful corner kick in the last seconds of the tie.
Joshua Kimmich sauntered past Arsenal's statuesque defence and powered home Raphael Guerreiro's cross in the 67th minute
The Gunners have been dumped out of the Champions League by Bayern Munich for the fifth time
Bukayo Saka endured a frustrating night and was unable to exert any influence on the game
The 22-year-old ended his night with no goals or assists, shots, chances created or successful dribbles. He was joined by Ben White and William Saliba.
Former Chelsea midfielder Jorginho was the other player slammed for his display at the Allianz Arena.
German newspaper Bild savaged Arsenal players for their performances against Bayern
With the exception of Gabriel Martinelli, White was most at fault for the winner on Wednesday night which sent Thomas Tuchel's side through to the semi-finals.
The right-back failed to close down Raphael Guerreiro's cross which found Kimmich, inexplicably unmarked, in the six-yard area.
Martinelli, along with five of his team-mates, was rather fortunate to receive a '4' from Bild for his display. However, German magazine Kicker, reckoned the Brazilian was in fact the worst player on the pitch and savaged him with the only '5'.
