Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich made Arsenal’s miserable season worse with an 5-1 away win to send the Premier League side crashing out of the Champions League (10-2) on aggregate, in an incredibly one-sided affair at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday night.

After the first leg of their round-of-16 tie had ended in a 5-1 result in favour of the Bavarians, the Gunners were left with literally mission impossible in the second leg but nobody could have predicted such an embarrassing scoreline.

Once the lineups were announced, however, most Arsenal fans must have felt it was not to be their night. 
For star winger Alexis Sanchez, benched for the Liverpool game on the weekend (Which they lost far too easily) was warming the bench for the second time in a week. Alongside him was Mesut Ozil, recovering from sickness and without two of their biggest names, it was always going to be difficult to get a positive result.

And on the darkest hour in the club’s rich history, they initially saw light at the end of the tunnel when Theo Walcott scored a solo goal to shock the away side in the 20th minute. The Gunners somehow had breached Manuel Neuer’s goal, much to the delight of the home fans.

It all proved to be a false dawn, however, as Bayern always looked in control after that even if they failed to breach David Ospina in the opening 45 minutes.

Post the interval, the Bayern storm hit Arsenal as Laurent Koscieny got himself sent off for a blatant shove on Robert Lewandowski inside the box in the 53rd minute. The Pole cooly dispatched his penalty two minutes later and with a man advantage, Bayern were guaranteed a win and it was always going to be a case of how many by the end of the night.

Arjen Robben, who scored a wondrous goal in the first leg, then put Bayern ahead on the night with a sweet left-footed finish after a one-two with Lewandowski had given him time to pick his corner from inside the penalty area in the 68th minute.

Instead of attempting damage control, Arsenal unwittingly went on the offensive, which left them susceptible on the counter. And substitute Douglas Costa got Bayern’s third off a rapid counter attack, sidestepping past Shkodran Mustafi before sending in a left-footed curler 12 minutes from time.

Arturo Vidal then wrapped up the match with two goals, the first which was a cheeky dink in the 80th minute and the second a tap in five minutes later after Costa had teed him up.

A 10-2 aggregate has no excuses and it is the heaviest defeat by any English club in the history of the UEFA Champions League and calls for Arsene Wenger to hand in his resignation will only grow louder and at this juncture, it is hard to disagree. While Arsenal have failed to make it to the last four in Europe for a long time, their domestic fortunes haven't been great either. 

For Carlo Ancelotti and Bayern, this tie has proven that Bayern are strong contenders for this year’s Champions League and if one considers the Italian manager’s successes on the continent, it would be hard to deny the Bavarians a sixth title come May.