Declan Rice grabs Arsenal draw at Bayern Munich in Champions League

Eze gave Arsenal the lead, but Davies levelled and Kane netted a punishment for the hosts earlier Rice made it 2-2.

Declan Rice scored a precocious equaliser to drawback past season’s runners-up Arsenal a 2-2 draw astatine Bayern Munich successful the Champions League.

Eberechi Eze opened the scoring for Arsenal connected Wednesday aft coming connected for the injured Bukayo Saka, but Alphonso Davies brought Bayern level aft a sublime walk from Harry Kane.

Kane had Bayern connected way for triumph erstwhile helium created and converted a second-half penalty, but his England teammate Rice equalised with 8 minutes remaining to gain Arsenal a point.

Bayern were without in-form winger Michael Olise, Germany skipper Joshua Kimmich and midfielder Jamal Musiala. Coach Vincent Kompany had been a uncertainty owed to unwellness but took his spot successful the dugout.

Despite the absences, Kane ensured Bayern posed a accordant menace against Arsenal’s miserly defence with different fantabulous show up of adjacent week’s Ballon d’Or ceremonial successful London.

Kane’s second-half penalty, his 16th extremity successful 23 matches against Arsenal, extended his scoring streak to 10 consecutive Champions League games. Kane is 1 shy of the grounds held by Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored successful 11 consecutive matches for Real Madrid.

The gully was conscionable the 2nd clip Arsenal had dropped points successful 12 games successful each competitions this season.

Arsenal were deed with an aboriginal stroke erstwhile Saka, their joint-top scorer this season, fell to the crushed 8 minutes in, grabbed his thigh and instantly signalled to the bench.

Bayern’s 2 erstwhile Champions League opponents this word were from Norway, and the perennial Bundesliga winners seemed to conflict with Arsenal’s physicality arsenic Mikel Arteta’s broadside pinned them backmost successful the aboriginal stages.

With 25 minutes gone, Odegaard floated a elemental walk crossed Bayern’s defence and into the way of the onrushing Eze, who collected and stroked the shot past Manuel Neuer.

Caught retired by Eze’s perfectly timed run, the hosts looked adjacent much amazed erstwhile VAR overturned the linesman’s offside telephone and awarded the goal.

The pre-match chatter had been dominated by speech of Kane’s Ballon d’Or prospects, and the England skipper showed wherefore helium is among the favourites erstwhile helium acceptable up Davies’s equaliser 10 minutes later.

Kane spotted Davies connected the determination and threaded the shot done the midfield and astir Gabriel for the Canadian winger to usher the shot into the bottommost corner.

With the hosts present successful the ascendancy, Ezri Konsa saw yellowish for taking Kane retired of a Bayern antagonistic minutes later.

After the break, Neuer and David Raya took turns producing magnificent saves, with the Bayern skipper tipping Bruno Guimaraes’s header onto the crossbar and the Spaniard denying Dayot Upamecano.

Both sides traded surges forward, but Kane would again beryllium important arsenic Bayern took the lead.

Kane’s changeable from the borderline of the punishment country connected with Jurrien Timber’s arm, with the referee instantly pointing to the spot earlier Kane stepped up and buried his kick.

Bayern looked to beryllium successful power but the lucifer turned again erstwhile precocious substitute Viktor Gyokeres threaded a clever walk to Rice, who slammed successful an equaliser.

Kane told TNT Sports helium was a small disappointed with the result.

“But astir apt erstwhile you look astatine the full 90 minutes, a gully was astir apt a just result,” helium said.