Arsenal vs Bayern Munich LIVE: Latest scores as Gunners must win to keep Champions League hopes alive
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Your support makes all the difference.Hello and welcome to live coverage of Arsenal's must-win game against German champions Bayern Munich.
• KICK-OFF: 7.45pm
• Arsenal lost their first two group games in the Champions League this season and now face a massive uphill battle to reach the knock-out stages.
• Bayern are absolutely flying and have won all nine of their Bundesliga games and both of their Champions League matches this season - they have scored 37 goals in those 11 matches.
• The villain of the Olympiakos defeat, David Ospina, is not fit to play so Arsene Wenger will play Petr Cech in goal
• Centre-back Gabriel has returned from an illness while Olivier Giroud is also available after returning from a European suspension.
• How many of Arsenal's players would make it into a combined XI?
• Can Arsenal afford to lose? We've gone through all the permutations to figure out exactly what Arsene Wenger's team has to do to progress.
Team news
Arsenal: Cech, Bellerin, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Monreal, Cazorla, Coquelin, Ramsey, Ozil, Sanchez, Walcott
Substitutes: Macey, Debuchy, Chambers, Gibbs, Arteta, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Giroud
Bayern Munich: Neuer, Alaba, Boateng, Lahm, Vidal, Alonso, Bernat, Thiago, Costa, Lewandowski, Muller
Substitutes: Ulreich, Martinez, Rafinha, Kirchhoff, Coman, Kimmich, Gaudino
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