‘Wenger out’ calls crowd

10-2 AGGREGATE: GUNNERS CONCEDE 5 AT EMIRATES

Real Madrid ease into seventh successive quarter-finals.

Bayern Munich condemned Arsene Wenger to more humiliation as 10-man Arsenal were eliminated from the Champions League with a crushing 5-1 defeat amid furious protests against the beleaguered Gunners boss last night.

Aiming to stage an incredible recovery from a 5-1 first-leg deficit, Wenger’s side briefly looked capable of a famous escape act when Theo Walcott opened the scoring in the first half at the Emirates Stadium.

But any hopes Wenger’s recent problems would be erased in historic fashion were brutally dashed by Robert Lewandowski’s second-half penalty and Laurent Koscielny’s dismissal for conceding that spot-kick.

Wenger cut a forlorn figure as Arjen Robben and Douglas Costa netted before Arturo Vidal’s double fired Bayern into the quarter-finals with a 10-2 aggregate victory.

It was the first time Arsenal had conceded five at the Emirates, and by the closing stages, there was a funeral atmosphere on an evening that started with Arsenal fans staging a protest march calling for Wenger to quit and ended with a chorus of boos and banners held up proclaiming: “Enough is enough – Wenger out.”

It was yet another chastening experience in the Champions League for Wenger, who has now seen Arsenal eliminated in the last-16 for seven successive seasons.

With their Premier League title hopes in tatters and even a topfour finish far from guaranteed, Wenger’s 184th Champions League match as Arsenal boss may well prove to be his last as speculation grows that he will terminate his 21-year reign at the end of a wretched season.

In Naples last night, Captain Sergio Ramos and Alvaro Morata struck one apiece as 11-time winners Real Madrid secured a seventh successive Champions League quarter-final berth with a clinical 3-1 win over Napoli.

Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri had warned of the threat from the “world’s richest club, with the best players” a day earlier.

After Dries Mertens gave the hosts a 24th minute lead, it was indeed Zinedine Zidane’s “Galacticos” emerged from the half-time interval in far more clinical fashion, ending the evening as most pundits had predicted. –

Picture: Reuters D(R)IVING FORCE. Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski goes down spectacularly, earning Arsenal’s Laurent Koscielny a red card in the process during their Champions League clash at the Emirates last night.