It's a sight that Arsenal fans must be all too sick of seeing... Bayern Munich's media team in full trolling mode on Twitter. Over the course of the past two seasons, the German giants have inflicted some of the most painful blows to the Gunners in the Champions League.
It's a sight that Arsenal fans must be all too sick of seeing... Bayern Munich's media team in full trolling mode on Twitter.Over the course of the past two seasons, the German giants have inflicted some of the most painful blows to the Gunners in the Champions League. And they've made sure each and every one has dragged on and on via social media.
From colluding with Arsenal's north London rivals to mocking wordplay, the communications department at the Allianz Arena have been as ruthless and relentless as their on-field colleagues.
Arjen Robben and Arturo Vidal celebrate Bayern Munich's second goal at Arsenal on Tuesda
The assault started more than three years ago - when the near-annual embarrassments at the hands of Bayern began for Arsene Wenger and his team.
It was the day after the Bundesliga outfit's 2-0 win at the Emirates. Wojciech Szczesny had been sent off and Toni Kroos and Thomas Muller found the back of the net.
'Sorry gunners that we won we're on the way to Lissabon,' the Bayern Twitter account rhymed.
Bayern's Twitter trolling of Arsenal began after a 2-0 victory in the 2013-14 Champions League
Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny is shown a red card during the 2014 encounter in London
Bayern had stumbled onto a winner... a simple method of winding up the Gunners and rubbing a bucketload of salt into an already gaping wound.
Twenty months later, they were at it again.
Having lost to Arsenal 2-0 at the Emirates in a group-stage encounter, the Germans hit back in spectacular fashion on home turf. Muller scored a brace and Robert Lewandowski, Arjen Robben and David Alaba also registered. 5-1. The first of a series.
Arsenal, their Champions League hopes hanging by a thread, were presented with an image of the Allianz Arena scoreboard in all its glory.
Bayern's English account added in a caption: 'Picture perfect!'
Following their handsome group-stage win in 2015, the Germans tweeted this picture
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