Thomas Muller says moment his Bayern teammate ‘hunted Arsenal star like a dog’ helped change their season
Thomas Muller believes Bayern Munich’s victory over Arsenal – and the job his teammate Konrad Laimer did on Martin Odegaard in that game – has helped the side reach new levels in recent weeks.
While enduring a woeful domestic campaign that saw them surrender the Bundesliga title to Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern are now just 90 minutes away from reaching the Champions League final after a 2-2 draw in the first leg of their semi-final against Real Madrid on Tuesday night.
Premier League leaders Arsenal were eliminated by the German giants in the previous round with Bayern sealing a 3-2 aggregate win despite a spate of injury problems in the squad.
In the second leg in Germany, Laimer turned in an excellent display to repeatedly thwart the Arsenal midfield, particularly Gunners skipper Odegaard, with Joshua Kimmich scoring the goal that sent his side into the final four.