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Numbers don't lie: Stats support Bayern brilliance, awful Arsenal

It’s becoming all too predictable for Arsenal.

Mired in an erratic league campaign that has seen yet another title chase shift from a realistic goal to a pipe dream, the Gunners and embattled manager Arsene Wenger headed to Bavaria and got their asses kicked.

The eye test says Arsenal is a side lacking a spine and the courage to see out a result, while the numbers support just how one-sided Bayern Munich’s 5-1 bludgeoning of Wenger’s docile bunch was.

Here’s a look at a collection of statistics that describe how brilliant Bayern was, and how insipid Arsenal was as it heads back to north London embarrassed and with more questions than answers:

6: For the sixth consecutive season, Arsenal has lost the first leg of a Champions League last-16 tilt.

Arsenal have lost the first leg in the Champions League last-16 for the sixth consecutive season. pic.twitter.com/nleeHkhmhw

— Squawka Football (@Squawka) February 15, 2017

16: Bayern Munich becomes the first club in Champions League history to win 16 consecutive home matches.

200: Arsenal is the first English side to concede 200 Champions League goals. Congrats.

9: Nine of Bayern’s 11 players were involved in Robben’s opener.

(Courtesy: @OptaJoe)

3+: Arsenal has conceded three or more goals in four of its last six first-leg matches in the Champions League last-16.

21.2 percent: Arsenal’s possession in the opening half.

18-4: The Bundesliga behemoth created 18 chances to Arsenal’s four.

0: In 77 minutes played, Francis Coquelin failed to win a single tackle.

1: The number of Arsenal players (Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain) to applaud the away fans for making the trip to Germany.

Oxlade-Chamberlain the only #afc player to go and acknowledge the away fans. Just given his shirt to someone in the crowd too. pic.twitter.com/clE9mqTsUQ

— James Olley (@JamesOlley) February 15, 2017

12: The number of passes completed by Alex Iwobi to go with zero shots on target, zero chances created, zero crosses, zero take-ons, zero tackles, and zero aerial duels.

24: Bayern took 24 shots, eight of which landed on target.

5-1: Bayern’s last two home fixtures against Arsenal ended in 5-1 victories for the Bavarians.

10: Minutes it took to send Arsenal packing from the group stage for a seventh season on the bounce after a Thiago Alcantara brace and Robert Lewandowski’s header made a mockery of Wenger’s side.

NFL

Vince Young hires agent with eye on comeback

Former NFL quarterback Vince Young has hired agent Leigh Steinberg in an apparent attempt to reboot his football career.

Steinberg announced that he signed Young, 33, in a Twitter post on Wednesday, declaring Young has a “dream of playing more football.”

Young, the former star at Texas, has not played in an NFL regular-season game since 2011 and retired from football in 2014.

#VinceYoung Welcome new client @VinceYoung10 who has dream of playing more football,being role model @Longhorn_FB @LonghornNetwork

— Leigh Steinberg (@leighsteinberg) February 15, 2017

WELCOME NEW CLIENT QB @VINCEYOUNG10 @Longhorn_FB @LonghornNetwork @UTAustin #HookEm #Texas pic.twitter.com/GDIoN0c2TG

— Leigh Steinberg (@leighsteinberg) February 15, 2017

The Spring League, an independent four-team football league made up of free agents that debuts in April, has publicly expressed interest in adding Young, the former No. 3 overall pick who earned Rookie of the Year honors and made the Pro Bowl in 2006 and 2009 during his six years in the NFL.

Young last attempted a comeback in 2014, a brief offseason stint with the Cleveland Browns. He signed following a minicamp tryout but was cut days after the Browns drafted Johnny Manziel. Before that, Young was cut by the Green Bay Packers in the preseason in 2013.

  • Vince Young, the former Texas Longhorns star and NFL quarterback, was sentenced to 18 months of probation for a drunken-driving arrest in January 2016.

Young works for the University of Texas as a development officer in its division of diversity and community engagement.

He returned to his alma mater, where he led the Longhorns to a national championship in 2005, following his retirement and took a position specifically created for him that pays $100,000 annually.

Young was sentenced to 18 months probation in January after pleading no contest to a DWI charge. He was fined $300 and ordered to complete 60 hours of community service to resolve his case after a January 2016 arrest in Austin.

Soccer

Wenger: Arsenal 'collapsed' in 'nightmare' loss to Bayern

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger had a pointed response when probed about his side’s capitulation Wednesday against Bayern Munich, saying, simply, that his men fell apart after the interval.

Related – Numbers don’t lie: Stats support Bayern brilliance, awful Arsenal

Bayern scored four goals in a second half that seemed to be played on a slanted pitch, leaving the Gunners on the wrong end of a 5-1 battering for the second consecutive trip to the Allianz Arena.

“It is difficult to explain,” Wenger told BT Sport after the match, as quoted by ESPN FC. “I felt we had two good chances to score just before half-time.

“I felt we were unlucky for the second goal, the referee gave a corner for us at first. Then we concede the second goal and then the most important was that we lost Koscielny. We collapsed.

“Overall I must say they are a better team than us, they played very well in the second half and we dropped our level. We were a bit unlucky, we dropped our level and they were better than us.”

The Frenchman added: “The last 25 minutes were a nightmare for us. We didn’t have an answer.”

Related – Watch: Arsenal collapses as Bayern scores 3 goals in 10 minutes

It’s little more than a formality now, but the return leg is slated for March 7 at the Emirates.

NFL

Report: Life of Brady to be focus of book, movie

Tom Brady’s story will be coming to a bookstore and movie theater near you, Deadline reports.

Both the book and film will focus on the New England Patriots quarterback’s career and his run to a fifth Super Bowl victory and will also chronicle Deflategate and its aftermath, Deadline reports.

Tom Brady has had plenty to celebrate in his career, and his story will be the subject of both a book and a movie, Deadline reported Wednesday. EPA

The project will pair writers Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson, who were nominated for an Oscar for “The Fighter,” author Casey Sherman and Boston journalist Dave Wedge, according to Deadline.

Sherman and Wedge were co-authors of “Boston Strong,” which was used as the basis for “Patriots Day,” for which Tamasy and Johnson were executive producers.

Deadline reports the writers have sources with the team who will provide insight as to what went on behind the scenes during Super Bowl LI, as the Patriots launched a furious comeback to post a 34-28 overtime win over the Atlanta Falcons.

Brady isn’t the only member of the Patriots whose story will be heading to the big screen. The Hollywood Reporter said cornerback Malcolm Butler’s story will be turned into a movie entitled “The Secondary,” which will chronicle his rise from working in a fast-food restaurant to having two Super Bowl rings.

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