Arsenal’s last Champions League XI: where are they now as Mikel Arteta leads Gunners back to Europe

Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny had a night to forget as he was sent off against Bayern Munich in his final ever Champions League game.

Koscielny was one of the club’s main defenders for a number of years, but he gradually slipped out of the first team due to injury problems.

Arsenal’s last Champions League XI: where are they now as Mikel Arteta leads Gunners back to…Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny had a night to forget as he was sent off against Bayern Munich in his final ever Champions League game.

Koscielny was one of the club’s main defenders for a number of years, but he gradually slipped out of the first team due to injury problems.

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The Frenchman refused to take part in the club’s pre-season tour in the summer of 2019 and left to join French side Bordeaux where he would retire three years later.That all came to an end in 2017 and Arsenal have had a long wait to return to Europe’s elite competition.

However, Arsenal are once again viewed as one of the most ambitious teams in world football and Arteta’s is blessed with a young core of talented players including William Saliba, Martin Odegaard, Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli.

But what happened to the last Arsenal team that competed in the Champions League and where are they now?

Here’s everything you need to know.

Arsenal’s last Champions League XI: where are they now?

Arsenal enjoyed a successful group stage campaign in their last Champions League outing and they finished top of a group which featured Unai Emery’s PSG, Basel and Ludogorets Razgrad.

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But their dreams of Champions League success ended in the round of 16 for the seventh consecutive season, as they suffered back to back defeats to Carlo Ancelotti’s Bayern Munich.

The most recent of those defeats was a crushing 5-1 loss at the Emirates Stadium on 7 March 2017 and the score ultimately finished 10-2 to Bayern over two legs.

Robert Lewandowski, Arjen Robben, Douglas Costa and Arturo Vidal all got their names on the scoresheets for the visitors, while Theo Walcott opened the scoring in the first half.

Here is the full Arsenal team that played that day:The Frenchman refused to take part in the club’s pre-season tour in the summer of 2019 and left to join French side Bordeaux where he would retire three years later.Arsenal’s last Champions League XI: where are they now as Mikel Arteta leads Gunners back to…