Pep Guardiola was left troubled to elucidate Bayern Munich's 2-0 defeat by Arsenal within the Champions League on Tuesday, a result that finished his side's impeccable begin to the season.
The Germans controlled immense swathes of the cluster F game at the Emirates, had sixty eight % of the ball, carven out many nice possibilities however unco lacked a killer instinct ahead of goal.
Until Tuesday, Bayern had won the twelve games that they had contend all told competitions, setting a Bundesliga record of 9 straight victories from the beginning of the season.
For once, goal-machine parliamentarian Lewandowski couldn't notice cyberspace with Arsenal keeper Petr Cech and his galvanized defenders thwarting the fatal Pole.
"We had enough possibilities to win the match, or a minimum of to not lose, however congratulations to Arsenal for the win and that we can meet once more in fortnight in Munich," aforesaid coach Guardiola WHO has target-hunting Bayern into the semi-finals in each seasons since absorbing.
Pushed by reporters on what had gone wrong, the previous urban center boss was stumped for a solution.
"I've got no clarification," he said. "It's a mystery.
"In the half we tend to contend well till the goal. within the finish we tend to contend with a back 3, we tend to attacked everyplace, we tend to had possibilities within the box, we tend to had management, however within the finish they scored 2 goals and that we, none.
"But i am proud tonight of the team. i favor to win however we tend to contend well with lots of bravery. within the half we tend to contend superb. perhaps we tend to did not have too several possibilities however they did not cross the halfway line."
Arsenal's opener within the 77th minute, coming back simply when Lewandowski was denied by a superb block by Laurent Koscielny, arrived following a rare error by Bayern keeper Manuel Neuer.
He came bent on meet a Santi Cazorla place-kicking however flapped at the ball and substitute Olivier Giroud bundled the ball in.
Guardiola refused accountable Neuer WHO created a spectacular stop from Theo Walcott's point-blank header within the half.
"He created some nice saves," aforesaid the coach. "Never in my life have I criticised a player for taking selections whether or not they square measure correct or not. He took a choice therein scenario and that is it."
Bayern and Olympiakos Piraeus have six points from 3 games in cluster F whereas Arsenal and Dinamo Zagreb square measure on 3.
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