This is, unfortunately, I think, the problem with these big football leagues, around Europe. Most of them must be fixed, at least during certain years.
How else can a team like Bayern have a 20-point lead, in the Bundesliga, over a team like Borussia Dortmund?
They must not be playing the same teams. (Or, even more explicit, teams must be playing differently against one (let's say) contender than against the other.)
Real strength is measured better in the Champions League.
And, looking at the Bayern team today, against an only-slightly-above-average team, like Arsenal, I must say "I just don't get it". About Bayern Munich.
Yes, Bayern played better than Arsenal, but Arsenal is weak. No matter which way you look at it, Arsenal is not really a top European team.
Bayern didn't face Manchester United, or City (- yes, I know they suck in the CL, but I had to include them because I'm talking English clubs, here -), or Chelsea.
And they were up 3-1, from the first leg. Away leg!
How did they come to shake and shiver for the entire second leg? Home leg!
I'd look forward to see Bayern play Borussia, in the Champions League, later.
As for Arsenal, they got lucky, to a large extent. They didn't play too great. But they should be proud, because they showed great ambition and tenacity.
I'm sure Wenger is proud. But Wenger and the Arsenal management higher-ups are the only ones close to the London club who shouldn't be proud. Because the Arsenal prestige has been receding, for quite a while now, and this is just a temporary high.
It's quite possible Arsenal won't be in the Champions League, next year, at all.
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