Bayern advances despite Arsenal draw
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Munich, Germany (SportsNetwork.com) - Bayern Munich was held to a 1-1 draw by Arsenal at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday but still managed to advance to the Champions League quarterfinals with a two-goal aggregate win.
The reigning European champions earned a 2-0 victory in the opening leg at the Emirates a fortnight ago, a scoreline that sees the German side through after Arsenal put up a valiant effort in the return match.
Bastian Schweinsteiger appeared to put the tie to bed in the 53rd minute when he slotted home a low cross from Franck Ribery, but Arsenal managed to equalize just four minutes later.
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Lukas Podolski muscled Philipp Lahm out of a challenge in the 57th minute and while the Bavarians awaited a whistled, the Arsenal striker drifted inside and lashed the tying goal past Manuel Neuer at the near post.
Bayern was awarded a late penalty when Arjen Robben was tripped up by Laurent Koscielny in stoppage time, but Thomas Muller saw his ensuing attempt rebuffed by Lukasz Fabianski.
It would have been a critical stop from Fabianski in any other situation, but Bayern was able to close out the match with such little time left on the clock.
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Atletico Madrid, meanwhile, cruised to the Champions League quarterfinals on Tuesday, getting a 4-1 win at the Calderon to bounce AC Milan from the competition by a 5-1 aggregate score.
After taking a 1-0 win from the first leg, Atletico extended the lead in just the third minute of the return match when Diego Costa got on the end of a cross to the back post and poked a shot past Christian Abbiati.
Kaka pulled one back for Milan with a 26th-minute header that took a deflection on its way past Thibaut Courtois, but Atletico restored the lead with six minutes remaining in the opening period when Arda Turan looped a shot over Abbiati from distance.
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Atletico pulled away from the Italian side in the second period as goals from Raul Garcia and Costa put the win beyond any doubt.