Arsenal v Bayern München Match Report, 18/07/2019, Worldwide Champions Cup

Eddie Nketiah scored a late winner to see Arsenal edge Bayern Munich 2-1 on the Worldwide Champions Cup on Wednesday.

Nketiah tapped in an 88th-minute winner for the Premier League outfit at Dignity Well being Sports activities Park in California.

A robust Arsenal line-up took the lead early within the second half when Bayern defender Louis Poznanski scored an personal purpose.

However the German giants equalised by means of Robert Lewandowski, who struck with an excellent header within the 71st minute.

Nevertheless, Nketiah would declare a win for Arsenal with a late tap-in after the competition opened up within the last half-hour.

Arsenal had been the livelier of the 2 teams early on, with Mesut Ozil firing a sixth-minute effort throughout the face of purpose from inside the world.

Whereas Bayern – who handed a debut to Benjamin Pavard within the second half following his arrival from Stuttgart – appeared harmful on the counter-attack, it was Arsenal showing extra more likely to break by means of.

Nevertheless, the Bundesliga champions virtually opened the scoring simply after the half-hour mark.

Thomas Muller met David Alaba’s low cross from the left, however the ahead was denied by Bernd Leno from shut vary, earlier than the Arsenal goalkeeper additionally pushed away a Daniels Ontuzans strike.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang then led a blistering Arsenal counter-attack earlier than taking part in in Ozil, who was denied by Bayern keeper Manuel Neuer from an angle within the 38th minute.

Arsenal took the lead simply 4 minutes into the second half because of a Poznanski personal purpose.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan picked out Aubameyang with a cross to the appropriate and the attacker’s cross was changed into his personal internet by Poznanski.

That led to a much more open encounter as probabilities begin to come at each ends, with Leno tipping a Kingsley Coman strike over the crossbar within the 66th minute.

Bayern drew degree 5 minutes later, Lewandowski – launched at half-time – brilliantly heading a Serge Gnabry cross into the highest nook.

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Gnabry compelled Emiliano Martinez, who changed Leno on the break, right into a diving save from 25 yards earlier than Coman fired simply vast of the goalkeeper’s put up within the 81st minute.

Moments after Nketiah compelled a save from Bayern goalkeeper Sven Ulreich, the 20-year-old ahead discovered a winner.

Tyreece John-Jules performed a one-two with Calum Chambers earlier than crossing for Nketiah to faucet in and make it 2-1.