It was far from ideal, and Arsenal still has a great deal of work ahead of them.

Though Bukayo Saka was denied a late penalty, Mikel Arteta and his team gave themselves a chance to go to the semi-finals on a night that could have gone horribly wrong.

Leandro Trossard celebrates his crucial equaliserHarry Kane returned to North London to haunt Arsenal once againBukayo Saka was convinced that he should have had a penalty

Because everything was going according to plan for Bayern when Harry Kane gave his club a 2-1 lead until Leandro Trossard scored in the 76th minute.

After striking Gabriel Magalhaes in the face with his forearm and avoiding a red card, Kane may be fortunate to be able to play in the second leg the following week.

Saka collided with Manuel Neuer in the box during the last minute of stoppage time, and he was positive he should have been given a penalty.

Unexpectedly, considering their shaky recent performance, Bayern managed to get back into the match thanks to goals from two players who are local to this area of London.

After a blunder in the Arsenal defense, former striker Serge Gnabry equalized, and Kane’s goal was the least surprise of the evening.

The England captain was taunted with every touch of the ball, along with former Tottenham defender Eric Dier, so he would have been ecstatic when he rolled a penalty past David Raya in the first half.

Kane’s goal was a given because he had scored 14 goals in 19 North London derbies.

You have to wonder where Bayern would be without Kane’s goals, despite their poor season and 16-point deficit to Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen.

Since moving to Bavaria, he has scored 39 goals in 38 games, and he hopes to add to that total the next week.

Mikel Arteta will need to put on an incredible show for Arsenal on Wednesday. Trossard has shown them that they are far from out of it.

Arsenal has been excellent this season, but they were penalized for a few careless errors that were totally out of character.

Left-back Jakub Kiwior, one of the worst offenders in the first half, could hardly be upset about his substitution at halftime.

The mood seemed peculiar even though it was a big game because Bayern supporters were not let inside the stadium. This was FIFA’s reprimand to Uefa for their supporters throwing flares onto the field during their away games this season against Lazio and FC Copenhagen.

Though, as this was Arsenal’s first quarterfinal in 14 years, the roughly 3000 more supporters who were allowed to sit in the section usually designated for visiting fans were undoubtedly not grumbling.

Gabriel Martinelli was chosen over Gabriel Jesus in Arteta’s starting lineup because of his preference for speed.

Although Martinelli’s effort from beyond the area zipped past Manuel Neuer’s left post, he had the first opportunity.

After Saka generated that opportunity, left-back Alphonso Davies—who is currently suspended for the second leg in Munich—kicked him to the ground.

10Trossard slotted home Arsenal’s levellerCredit: AFPThe striker slotted his penalty beyond David Raya

The Swedish referee Glenn Nyberg infuriated Bayern manager Thomas Tuchel by issuing a yellow card for the first time within the first ten minutes of play.

And Tuchel’s attitude was further worse when his team lost at the fourth official, just as he was finishing up his whining.

Once more, Davies found it difficult to handle Saka and found himself taken off guard. Saka, the England forward, curled an attempt around Dier and into the bottom left corner after receiving a straightforward pass from Ben White.

Despite being in a great position to make it 2-1, White, of all people, smashed the effort straight at Neuer.

Before Bayern took control after Gabriel misdirected a pass to Kiwior, Arteta’s team had not made a mistake.

Gnabry received a feed from Leon Goretzka, and he blasted past Raya’s leg to equalize the score from near the penalty spot.

It was strange that such a significant score was greeted with near silence, and 14 minutes later, Kane gave the game away by sending Raya entirely the wrong way from the penalty spot to make it 2-1.

It was really impossible for Arsenal to argue about the penalty. William Saliba knocked Sane unconscious after he had blasted past the faltering Kiwior.

Serge Gnabry equalised for the Bundesliga giantsGnabry celebrated against his former sideWeirdly, a huge number of Arsenal fans got up and went for a loo break rather than watch Kane take a penalty although they knew exactly what was coming.

At no stage did Kane ever look like missing and the outcome was as expected with Bayern’s No9 easily scoring past Raya and then thoroughly enjoying his celebration in front of the home fans .

Arsenal were in danger of falling to pieces and only a stunning tackle from White stopped Sane from adding a third.

For much of the second half, Bayern held firm and protected their lead. Kane got away with his challenge on Gabriel and had a shot deflected for a corner.

Despite introducing Leandro Trossard and Gabriel Jesus, Arsenal struggled to test the visiting defence.

And then finally, they were rewarded for being patient and not panicking. After receiving the ball from Saka, Jesus took out three Bayern players and teed the ball up for Trossard to score although Neuer should have done better.

So at least Trossard and his team left the pitch knowing they still have a chance of, maybe, returning to Wembley for the final on June 1.

It could have been much better for them, however, had Saka been awarded a spot kick at the death.

The England international raced onto Thomas Partey’s pass before rounding Neuer.

Saka subsequently went down in a heap, but was denied a penalty after appearing to kick his leg into the German stopper.

Bukayo Saka had gotten Arsenal off to a perfect startSaka celebrates his 12th minute strike10Harry Kane left Gabriel crumpled in a heap