Arsene Wenger's teams are known for their passing and their possession.
The Gunners are famed for retaining the ball and passing teams to death. Their whole game is built around this style - and rarely do they deviate from it.
Sometimes it can be to their cost - and Wenger is often levelled with criticism for failing to kill teams off, despite having the lion's share of the ball.
So that's what makes their performance against Bayern Munich even more surprising. This was not the Arsenal we know in the famous 2-0 victory, which ended the German champions' run of 12 straight wins.
You could say it was their most un-Arsenal performance ever under Wenger.
And this stat shows exactly why...
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Looking at these stats in isolation Bayern pummelled Arsenal with superior passing and ball retention. But if one stat more than any shows that possession doesn't win games, then this is it.
You've been Wengered, Pep!
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