Rice’s late equaliser earns Arsenal 2-2 Champions League draw at Bayern Munich

Arsenal drew 2-2 with Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena in Munich on 21 October 2026 after Declan Rice scored a late equaliser. Harry Kane’s penalty had put Bayern ahead, but Rice’s goal secured Arsenal a point in their third Champions League league-phase match.

How Arsenal recovered against Bayern Munich

Martin Ødegaard’s long pass set up Eberechi Eze for Arsenal’s first-half goal, according to the Guardian’s live report. Kane supplied a similarly long pass for Alphonso Davies to score Bayern’s reply. Those goals left the sides level before Bayern went ahead from the spot.

beIN SPORTS described a one-two between Gyökeres and Rice down the right flank before Rice struck a low, angled shot to make it 2-2. The goal came late in the match.

Where the draw leaves Arsenal and Bayern

The draw left Arsenal seventh in the Champions League league-phase table with seven points from three matches, while Bayern were 14th with five, according to the Guardian’s post-match table. Arsenal’s goal difference stood at plus four and Bayern’s at plus five after matchday three.

It also ended Arsenal’s chance of winning every league-phase match. The Guardian described the result as a fair reflection of a contest in which both sides produced notable attacking moves, particularly the passes that created Eze’s and Davies’s goals.

Bayern made a half-time change, replacing Minjae Kim with Jonathan Tah, the Guardian reported. Late in the match, Luis Díaz went down without another player near him and could not continue; Ndiaye replaced him. The cause of Díaz’s problem was not immediately clear.

Before hosting Arsenal, Bayern had beaten RB Leipzig 6-1 in the Bundesliga and drawn 3-3 away to Viking in their previous European match, according to beIN SPORTS’ pre-match account. The draw with Arsenal followed another Champions League game in which Bayern conceded at least twice.

Arsenal were still pressing in stoppage time. The Guardian’s commentary described Jurriën Timber shooting from just outside the Bayern penalty area and Manuel Neuer tipping the effort over the bar. Bayern cleared the resulting corner.