Arsenal kicked off their International Champions Cup campaign with a fortunate penalty-shootout win against Bayern Munich at the Shanghai Stadium on Wednesday morning. An early Robert Lewandowski penalty looked to have won the match for the Bavarian giants, but Alex Iwobi headed home from an Aaron Ramsey cross in added time to earn the Gunners a 1-1 draw in normal time. David Alaba, Renato Sanches and Juan Bernat all missed in the shootout, meaning that the Gunners earned the points with a 3-2 triumph in the sudden-death situation. Bayern, who came out on top 10-2 when these sides met over two legs in the last 16 of the Champions League earlier this year, dominated for large parts of the...
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