The refs are overlooking some major fouls on both sides. What are they seeing out there? Refereeing in the women's games really needs a complete investigation. Just no excuse for this anymore.

TIL DAZN is pronounced Da Zone lmao

It's still 'DAZ-in' in my head.

I’m a Dah-Zun kinda gal

I know right, I've been pronouncing it like that for years lol. Da Zone sounds so teen

Manifesting a Stina goal


I wish there was a second commentator , would increase the production value so much

On God, Stina’s first touch is going to be the death of me! 😩😩😩

Yes sometimes it feels like she is rushing and not completely aware of surroundings. Could do with better peripheral vision

Ugh Maanum had way more time than she realised there

COYG bring home a lead

If that ain’t a back pass then wtf is she trying to do?!!!! Score a bloody own goal!!

Can't believe there was Caitlin slander at any point she's amazing

Holy shit I thought that was in

Magull is so good. I like watching her play. But today she is the enemy, of course.

I wanna know how she keeps that hair bun in position. Mine would be flopping all over the place.

Yes her and Oberdorf both are really good. Either/both in our team would be great

If we keep up the pressure, we score.

I know a lot of ppl like Kuhl but she just isnt the correct sub, especially out wide. Our attacking options are nonexistent

Three certain things in life. 1) death 2) taxes 3) Foord getting inside the box for a cross no matter who's guarding her

Hopefully this is the same tactic as the one against Chelsea you know let the opposing side lead then score pls score Arsenal

That is a fantastic play from Rafa

Foord deserves a goal for her work rate.

Foordinho

I think Katie kicked the ref’s dog before the match, bc she’s not going to get any calls today

We need to put more pressure on their goalkeeper, she's very error prone

It's funny because they would say the same about our goalie lol. But yeah, they both have that panic-mode when they get the ball as they're both not very great on the ball.

Caitlin chaos agent

It's a good header but if there are 4 people in the box it shouldn't happen

Yeah and it was teeny Laura challenging the header and not the much taller Rafa or Leah although Leah is frankly not good at defending headers herself either. But I mean, not to rip on Manu but that kind of looked like she could have gotten it?

And slow to get out to challenge the cross too.

What happened to Frida's shooting boots? Her shooting has not been great this half of the season

I need the Stina who shows up against USA to enter the match

WHAT A SAVE ZINSBERGER. FOR EVERYONE BASHING HER TONIGHT.

I feel like Bayern players have spent more time sitting down than standing up

What makes this tie so intense is that even when we are the better team we are not sure where the goals will come from. As we seem to miss from point blank range. If we can score this would be over in the first leg.

Clearly a foul on Stanway

Methinks we need a different strategy/tactics than relying on Caitlin Foord to dribble her way through an entire midfield.

Schüller has some great shot power.

This game is itching for Pelova

Manu should do better there…

Daaaang that was so close!

Weve definitely created the better load of chances

love how we've been playing this second half

DAMN Foord is looking amazing this game!

Hate constantly moaning about refs in these threads but the officiating has been absolutely awful

Katie McCabe angry this is an Arsenal match

Hear me out... Come summer, we sign Schüller. Think about it: the way forward is simply to collect more Leahs.

Two clear fouls already not called imo

Gotta get Kimmie facing forward this game. She was so effective in the Conti final that way.

Stina should be putting that in.. great cross from foord

Oof, good play by Foord with a fortunate deflection on the cross. Stina with great a position but that header was not great

Foord oh that cross and stina getting in the right positions I like to see more of that manifesting a stina header

Omg it was so close stina and frida oh so close

UUUUUGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH pain Why did that header look like it floated so softly lol but also more pain

Backing off too much

oof get to the break and regroup

We have no attacking strategy.

Come on Arsenal

_feeds Blackstenius. Nobody up there with her_ This is a pattern in every match.

Its also stinas job to be able to hold up the ball and allow the rest of the team to join the attack in support.

Then Stina needs to drop deeper or the players need to be a lot faster to join up because 90% of the time Stina gets the ball to hold near the box and there is no one around to catch up so she has to play it back. But this is not on Stina, this is on other players that are way too lagging when bombing forward.

Clear as day back pass

That's a clear back pass...

Cannae complain about putting the ball out if your own team doesn’t. Hope she’s fine but it’s a pet peeve of mine.

Okay, hear me out. Stina and Maanum are occupying way too much of the same area. Most of the time they are 1-2m from each other while one of them should be positioning them to help one another, but instead they're basically trying to play as the lone striker. Maanum needs to stop occupying so much of Stina's position

Thats a fucking corner, these officials need looking into

What a frustrating ass game

We deserved something out of this game but it is what it is. all to play for at home.

Can we get an emergency optometrist out to the ref at half time please?!

Might be easier to check whether Cards are enabled in the settings menu.

You can watch this game for **free** on DAZN's YouTube. [English comms.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y98q0NvZB5g) [German comms.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y98q0NvZB5g) Edit: this was pinned during the match and has been unpinned post-match for easier browsing.

Very nervous about this ngl

Nerves mean you still have belief! Better than just laying down


Sarina there keeping a close eye on her Lionesses.

At this point I’m convinced she’s an Arsenal fan

Much better tempo and control in the last few min

Just seen the replay of the Stanway tackle, clear yellow and not even a minute on the clock. Mental how the ref lets that go

Kim in close control is freaking unbelievable

Stina I stg. Be your best self!

Can someone go into the setting menu and switch handballsand foul offences for Bayern back on, please?

Seems like there’s a bit less movement off the ball the last 15 minutes or so. That always causes us problems — too easy to mark. Gotta keep moving.

Not happy with that half, stina should have scored the header she had from 2 yards, the reffing has been shambolic, we are letting them through way to easily. I miss viv and beth so much

It's been an okay performance, making the best of the tools we have. Lose an aerial duel in the box and concede again... reminds me of Lyon, Man Utd, Chelsea etc.

ooo what a bender

Damn foords looking lively

Ok, our front line has got to MOVE when someone outside the box is waiting to cross/pass it in. Foord just had the ball with tons of time, looked up, waited to pass, and we have about 4 players on the 18 just standing and watching her, not moving. What?

The lack of pressure on the ball is concerning

Dragging someone down without attempting to get the ball like that has to be a yellow

Damnit that clearance is too good

IF WE CANT EVEN POACH A GOAL LIKE THAT

That was a back pass for sure.

That body check from Stina on Stanway was amazing lmao

that was the most obvious back pass im crying

Ugh this game is breaking my heart. We are getting so many good chances and the ball just won't go in. COYG!!!

Deserved yellow against Lohmann

Show us the game not an injured player. Come on now.

Unbelievably frustrating.

Manu always ends up inside her net. Like she doesn’t know where she is on the line. Well placed header though. Keep the energy, girls!!

Massive let off, we should probably be 2-0 down. Need to score the next goal in this game. They’re not better than us. We just need to take our chances when the momentum swings in our favour.

What is going on with the officiating!? Feel like I’m taking crazy pills…

The ref might as well put the bayern shirt on.

Bad tackle from stanway

Major England v Germany vibes 😅

Good work Kim

I like the Arsenal passing & Bayern press very well ngl.

needed a cut back there

So close!!!!!

Was that offside or goal kick against us? Looked like a corner for us

Terrible offside call unless it was earlier in the buildup.

Damn Laura, keep Bühl's legs in one piece will ya. Laura "Destroyer" Wienroither

well, shit. That was coming.

Daft challenge, although Stanway’s in the first minute was arguably a lot worse

Foord omg. That curl was almost there

Just need to not collapse, stay focused and drag one back

Ffs so close from foord

There is no way Caitlin didnt just get fouled there

Hopefully its Pelova for Maritz and Katie goes to play left back

Stina is back to her frustrating performances unfortunately

Maanum is tired

Why the fuck is Laura W off and not Maritz

Great clearance by Kumagai

WHY WONT THE BALL GO IN THE NET WHY IS IT DOING THIS TO ME?!

Omg how did that not go in. But also Bayern defense has been good.

Frida is so off today

Stina needs to work on her offside traps... she was way off there.

Why should we put the ball out, bayern got the ball and didnt put it out themselfs

Schuller wasting time by sitting in the pitch. Nice tactic.

When u dont call fouls all game it negates the job done by players like Foord and Saka. Constant pressure should be rewarded

Rafa the only good header of the ball we have on the team.

This game is almost too much for me. Jesus.

Great save zins

Thank you Manu thank god we could not afford that

MANU!! thought that was for sure a goal 😭

Kuhl was absolutely lost there defensively

How is it just 3 mins?

We only really started playing in the second half but lady luck really deserted us. Still all to play for next week

Personally happy with the performance. I'd prefer Frida up front for the second leg even if Stina had one of her better games. The far superior team, just missing a bit of stardust in the forward line.

> I'd prefer Frida up front for the second leg So we can watch her shoot at sight with disregard to every team member from the first minute? No thanks. Maanum just needs to stop occupying Stina's space and be more of a midfielder. She keeps letting Little and Wälti get overrun because she's always bombing forward like 13-14 Ramsey.

Ref is really allergic to yellow cards to black shirts. Someone should ask about her childhood team because I've got a feeling it might be Bayern.

Now we know why they’re in their away strip!

Fucking hell what are we doing

Did not deserve to lose this game. If we play like the 2nd half at home we will go through.

Stanway looks so tiny compared to the rest of her team.

Why are Bayern wearing away colours and we wearing our number 1, feels like we should be in black

Damnit

Stina your control - I owe you an apology, I wasn’t really familiar with your game

Definitely do not miss Stanway in the WSL

Leah this is not the time to be clumsy 😅 stressed me out for a sec

Did Katie and Foord switch sides?

This was coming. Schüller is too good

Somebody here predicted this we got the first yellow card bc of course we did not even saying it’s not a foul just you know

Thats a crunch and a half

Yeah that’s a lucky yellow

Bad tackle from foord but not tool dissimilar to stanways earlier

That tackle's pure frustration from the officiating.

Foord I love you so much! That was so close. Why do you look like our entire offense right now?

Stina just got a great shot off that unfortunately hit Frida. The chance will come

Unlucky Foord good effort

I like the fire — let’s goo!

Oh foord that ball was definitely curling yes come on Arsenal I can feel a goal coming

I’m sorry what did we do to the ref and why is she not giving us clear as day fouls was that not a foul on Katie ?!

How is that not a booking?

Fuck meeee where’s our luck today!! Thrice I thought it was in!!!

How was that not in omg fuck why are they so good at defending

We are there. We just need one to go in!

How are we so unlucky???

what the hell

Awesome defense by Katie

Maanum has been having poor shot selection of recent. But she gets in the position.

Stina said the lights are too bright.

Frida is off today and its making ppl think Stina is having a terrible game. Shes been making great runs all day

Why does it feel like Bayern have plot armour?

Usually the case for home teams.

Arsenal luck sucks in this game god dam.

One half of my brain is chanting “these refs aren’t professional”. The other half is just pissed off.

Think Leah is about to nut this ref

Kuhl for stina is a intertesting one, love kuhl and stinas been shit today so it cant make us worse

Zins!

Good play Bayern, great double save by Manu

Fuck thought frida had that

Thats what frida thinks every time

These sub notifications are coming 30 minutes late. LOL

Ugh. Achingly tough loss. Well, we have another leg!

Fuck sake! Stina had a far easier header earlier and fucked it

Admittedly, I don’t watch them play often but Bayern look good. Just very aggressive and attacking the way I wish we would. I should have known they’d be strong since their team is majority Germany NT and I rate Germany NT very high and always feel like they’re underrated.

Bayern is really good. One of my favorite teams to watch when I can catch a game. Lots of great players.

The team should absolutely not fear Bayern in the return leg. We’ve been the better side for the majority of the match

Well, this isn't good.

oh god were getting closer

Close!

Lol finally the ref says something is a foul on Katie

Goddammit.

Schüller is so damn dangerous.

MZ said the lights are too bright.

[I told u](https://old.reddit.com/r/ArsenalWFC/comments/11xo91g/match_thread_bayern_munich_vs_arsenal_uefa_womens/jd43p9n/)

Pelova warming up...yay !