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Arsene Wenger 'revolted' by referee as Arsenal are hammered by Bayern Munich

Arsenal's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain looks dejected after Arsenal's heavy defeat to Bayern Munich
Arsenal's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain looks dejected after Arsenal's heavy defeat to Bayern Munich Arsenal's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain looks dejected after Arsenal's heavy defeat to Bayern Munich

ARSENE Wenger declared himself "revolted" by referee Tasos Sidiropoulos' performance in his side's 5-1 Champions League loss at home to Bayern Munich.

Arsenal crashed out at the last 16 stage 10-2 on aggregate, but afterwards Wenger pointed the finger of blame squarely at the Greek official.

The hosts were 1-0 in front when he waved away a penalty claim from Theo Walcott, but gave one at the other end for a Laurent Koscielny foul on Robert Lewandowski.

Koscielny was sent off for the foul, having initially been shown a yellow card, and Lewandowski netted the spot-kick to end Arsenal's hopes.

A fuming Wenger said on BT Sport: "I feel we produced the game we wanted and we are very unlucky tonight with some decisions which were very difficult to understand.

"We are 1-0 up, it's a 100 per cent penalty on Walcott, Lewandowski's offside, there's no penalty on top of that, you get the red card, of course that killed us.

"Overall it's difficult to understand what's happened. I still must say my team has produced a huge effort tonight and played very well.

"He is offside, Lewandowski, there is no penalty, on top of that he gives a yellow card, on top of that he gives after a red card.

"It's just not serious. When you see the importance of the games and you see an attitude like that I am absolutely revolted and sorry for people who come and pay a lot of money to watch this kind of game."

Real Madrid also moved safely through into the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a 3-1 win away to Napoli, as they secured a 6-2 aggregate victory.

Belgian Dries Mertens had put the Italians ahead on 24 minutes to raise hope of overturning the first-leg deficit.

However, the tie was put to bed with two goals in the space of six minutes, with Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos at the centre of the action.

The defender headed in a corner on 52 minutes to level on the night, and then moments later saw another header find the net via a deflection off Mertens, who was credited with an own goal.

Substitute Alvaro Morata netted a third from close range in the final minute.