article_snippet: It's deja vu all over again for Arsenal in the Champions League. 
article_snippet: Tuesday night's brave but preventable the Champions League exit against Monaco was the fifth time in a row Wenger has been knocked out at the last-16 stage.
article_snippet: And once again it was the first leg that cost Wenger.
article_snippet: Arsenal were knocked out in France on away goals, a 2-0 away win failing to make up for a catastrophic 3-1 loss at The Emirates.
article_snippet: Wenger vents Wenger frustration on the sideline as Arsenal fall a goal short in their 2-0 win over Monaco .
article_snippet: After losing 4-3 on aggregate to Barcelona in 2011 – beating them 2-1 in the first leg before losing 3-1 at the Nou Camp - Arsenal's first leg travails have hurt the Nou Camp - Arsenal's first leg travails every 12 months.
article_snippet: Barca overcame the 2-1 loss to Arsenal in the first leg to defeat the Gunners and advance with a 3-1 victory .
article_snippet: Arsenal were a shambles in the San Siro as Kevin-Prince Boateng, Robinho (two) and Zlatan Ibrahimovic (from the penalty spot)
article_snippet: Incredibly, Arsene Wenger's men clawed back three of the goals in the first half at The Emirates through Laurent Koscielny, Tomas Rosicky and Robin van Persie (penalty) but still couldn't force extra-time with Robin van Persie missing from close range.
article_snippet: Fans will remember the Van Persie miss (perhaps coloured by the player's subsequent exit), but it was the mental collapse in the first leg that cost Arsenal.
article_snippet: Arsenal fell short in the return leg at The Emirates with Laurent Koscielny, Tomas Rosicky and
article_snippet: It's a little harsh to criticise a defeat against Europe's best side, but Arsenal were naive in the first leg.
article_snippet: Having weathered a Arsenal 1 Bayern Munich 3; Bayern Munich 0 Arsenal 2 storm, and found a way back into the tie at 2-1, the Gunners committed too many men forward, and conceded a sloppy third.
article_snippet: Wojciech Szczesny tries to scramble the ball away, but Arsenal conceded a sloppy, and crucial, third .
article_snippet: Olivier Giroud gave Arsene Wenger's side hope with a third minute goal in Munich to spark a second leg fight .
article_snippet: Once again Arsenal battled back once they had little to play for and the pressure was off and Lukasz Podolski scored to give Arsene Wenger's's men a deserved draw in the Olympic Stadium as they chased a shock victory.
article_snippet: The Arsenal keeper's red card left Arsene Wenger's's side to compete with one a Europe's best sides a man down .
article_snippet: Arsenal keep finding new ways to cock Arsenal up.
article_snippet: Against the weakest opposition left, Arsenal conceded a killer third goal in injury-time at Emirates.
article_snippet: For all the shambles in the first 91 minutes of the first leg, Arsenal were back in the tie when Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored a stoppage-time goal to make it 2-1.
article_snippet: Olivier Giroud and Mesut Ozil look dejected as the tie slips away from Arsenal in the first leg yet again .
highlights_snippet: Arsenal fell in the Champions League last 16 for the fifth year in a row .
  
highlights_snippet: Only in 2011 against Barcelona have the Gunners won the first leg .
  
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