UEFA Champions League 2023-24 Match Ratings: Bayern Munich vs Arsenal quarter-final 2nd leg

Bayern Munich faced Arsenal in the 2nd leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final. In the reverse fixture the game was drawn 2-2, with all to play in the 2nd leg. The home fans who were banned in the first leg created an amazing atmosphere at the home ground putting on the pressure to the visitors. However both teams had the chances of opening the scoring, but the Gunners had the better but failed to break the deadlock in the first half of the game. 

Bayern started to press in the second half and paid off as Joshua Kimmich scored the goal in the 63rd minute of the game and was the winner of the game as the Bavarians qualified for the semi-final

Here are the match ratings:

Bayern Munich

Manuel Neuer-7.5

Neuer once again showed why he is the best keeper of this generation. The Munich captain made some brilliant saves in the game. 

Joshua Kimmich- 8

Kimmich scored the winner in the 63rd minute and was brilliant down the wings and did some good defensive duties as well. 

Eric Dier- 7.5

Dier was excellent at the back marking Kai Havertz and did not let him play at all despite the once chance that Martinelli missed the attackers were well marked. 

Mathias De Ligt- 7.5

De Ligt was rock solid at the back with as Arsenal kept on piling the pressure. He did not fumble in whole of the game. 

Noussair Mazraoui- 7

The Moroccon full back had a brilliant game matching up against Bukayo Saka he had a good battle with him. 

Konard Laimer- 5

Laimer had a tough time against Martin Odegaard and could not control the tempo of the game. He lost the balls in the midfield. 

Leon Goretzka- 7

Goretzka had a decent game in the middle of the park winning some good balls and making runs near the box and denied one definite goal scoring at the last minute. 

Leroy Sane- 7

Sane was excellent down the wing as he created most of the chances for the Bavarians. He was taken off late in the night. 

Jamal Musiala-9

The German was the best player for Bayern as he made some brilliant solo runs inside the box and delivered good balls inside the box as well. 

Raphaël Guerreiro-7.5

The Portuguese full back played as winger and was the very reason why he was used as he assisted the goal for the side. 

Harry Kane-6

Kane was silent as he was offered little space inside the box and his header hit the frame of the goal.

Substitutions 

Dayot Upamecano- N/A 

Kim Min-jae-N/A

Kingsley Coman-N/A 

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting-N/A

Bryan Zaragoza-N/A 

Daniel Peretz-N/A

Thomas Müller- N/A 

Sven Ulreich-N/A

Mathys Tel- N/A 

Aleksandar Pavlovic-N/A

Arsenal 

David Raya-8

Raya was brilliant on the night making some big saves for the side he could not have done much about the goal he conceded. 

Ben White-7.5 

White was brilliantt down the right hand side keeping out Raphaël Guerreiro most of the times and equally good with his attacking ability. 

Gabriel Magalhães-7

The Brazilian centre back good alongside Saliba and he made some good clearances as well. But failed to keep an eye on Kimmich's run inside the box. 

William Saliba-7

Saliba was rock solid marking Harry Kane and making some good interceptions, should have looked back when Kimmich scored goal coming from behind unmarked. 

Takehiro Tomiyasu-7

The Japanese was excellent throughout the game had a good battle with Sane and made some good balls down the wings. 

Declan Rice-5

Once again disappointing performance was never in the game lost balls in the midfield creating a counter for the opponents.

Jorginho-7

The defensive midfielder was brilliant througout the game and controlled the tempo of the game and was however was subbed off for attacking reinforcements. 

Martin Odegaard- 8.5

Odegaard was once again the star for the side creating the chances for the side which was again not converted by his teammates.

Gabriel Martinelli-5

The Brazilian had the best of chances of putting his side ahead but failed to do so and created some chances down the left-hand side and was taken off. 

Kai Havertz-4.5

Havertz was rarely visible in the ground as the forward did not have much time on the ball, failing to create any impact. 

Bukayo Saka-7

Saka was good as all the attacks where targeted to him by the team was double up always by the Bayern defence made some cut-inn inside the box.

Substitutions

Oleksandr Zinchenko- N/A

Mohamed Elneny- N/A

Fábio Vieira- N/A

Karl Hein- N/A

Eddie Nketiah- N/A

Reiss Nelson- N/A

Aaron Ramsdale- N/A

Emile Smith Rowe- N/A

Thomas Partey- N/A

Gabriel Jesus-4

Jesus had the chance to put his side back in the game but failed to do so and earned a yellow card for arguing with the referee. 

Leandro Trossard- 4

Came in as a substitute but failed to have any impact as he did in the reverse fixture. 

Jakub Kiwior-N/A