poorly timed kick gave them a life line. alexis sanchez was denied from the spot, though deadly from the rebound. it was a precious away goal, but after half—time, arsenal capitulated. robert lewandowski rose to restore bayern‘s lead and, just three minutes later, thiago raced clear to make it 3—1. thiago then added a fourth and the rout was completed was by thomas muller. arsenal's european campaign, once again, in tatters and arsene wenger staring at a potentially defining defeat. david ornstein, bbc news. newsnight‘s about to begin over on bbc two in a few moments. here's james o'brien. tonight, president trump attacks his own security apparatus and the us media on twitter. where will the russia row go next? join me now on bbc two. that's newsnight with james o'brien. here, on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. have a good night. hello and welcome to sportsday —

i'm hugh ferris. the headlines tonight. the same old sorry story. arsenal are battered at bayern and will need a second leg miracle to stay in the champions league. the best player in women's football is heading to england... usa captain carli lloyd joins manchester city on a short term deal. scotland will be without their captain for the rest of the six nations. greg laidlaw is ruled out with an ankle injury. we hear from the new england test cricket captain — joe root gives an insight into what kind of

skipper he'll be. good evening. for arsenal, it's all too familiar. for six years in a row the last 16 has proved to be the end of the road in the champions league, and it's looking very likely it'll be seven. they were thrashed 5—1 by bayern munich in the first leg of their tie at the allianz arena, as drew savage reports. a strong sense of deja vu in munich. twice in the last six years, arsenal have come here and failed to reach the quarterfinals. and arjen robben has been doing this all his career.

the problem is stopping him. a move from robert lewandowski allowed arsenal away back in. alexis sanchez found his way back in, and the gunners briefly dominated. but you have to take your chances. from 1—1 at half—time, things began to unravel. lewandowski scored one, and then set up tiago. the german champions were then very good. arsenal were simply second—best. no disgrace to lose here. this was bayern munich‘s 16th consecutive home and champions league win. the scoreline embarrassing for arsenal, and sadly, arsene wenger has seen it all before. real madrid came from behind to take a lead into the second leg of their last 16 tie with napoli. the italian side took the lead at the bernabeu through lorenzo insigne, who caught keeper keylor navas out of position. but, unlike their rivals barcelona,

who lost heavily last night, real rallied. karim benzema scored his first goal in more than a month to level. before toni kroos and then casemeiro, with this stunning volley, wrapped up an impressive win for the defending champions. and, in direct contrast to arsenal, real are heading for their seventh straight quarter final appearance. meanwhile in the scottish premiership, aberdeen thrashed motherwell 7—2, to cut celtic‘s lead in the table to just the 2a points. the home side were 4—0 up at half time. adam rooney scoring a hat—trick to strengthen aberdeen‘s grip on second place. english women's football has made its most significant signing to date. the fifa world player of the year, carli lloyd, is joining manchester city. the usa international has agreed a short—term deal, and jo currie has been to meet her. from the halfway line, carli lloyd

won the usa the world cup, and herself a place in history. and now, the world's greatest player is coming to england. lloyd has won everything there is to win on the international stage, so what does manchester city have to offer? it's another challenge for me, i think that's the biggest thing, i'm always looking to improve my game, looking for the next challenge, the next big thing. playing champions league. hopefully win an fa cup, and, you know, when the spring series. she is in a lead of her own. a global superstar, comfortable sharing a stage with ronaldo, as she was voted world player of the year twice. it is a great opportunity to come here. it has generated a lot of news. for women's football, come here. it has generated a lot of news. forwomen‘s football, it come here. it has generated a lot of news. for women's football, it is greatly, and i want to continue to promote women's football and make

things better the globe. city's women have only been in the top flight women have only been in the top flight for three seasons, but they are already leading the field. their ethos is to treat the men's and women's teams of the same. they have even built the women and their own stadium. this is what manchester city is about, to be successful. by attracting those sorts of players, we are heading in the direction where we want to be the best team in england, but be dominant in europe as well. already the champions of england, the arrival of lloyd will be seen not only as a sign of city's ambition, but of the growth of the game this side of the atlantic. scotland captain greig laidlaw will miss the rest of the six nations with an ankle injury. the gloucester scrum half was replaced in the first half of sunday's defeat against france in paris. our rugby union reporter, chrisjones, told us how big a blow will this be to scotland's championship, which started so well, with a win over ireland.

laidlaw went back to his club gloucester for further assessment at the start of this week. it has shown out ankle ligament damage, ruling him out of the rest of the six nations championship. it is a big blow for scotland and for laidlaw. the back—up scrum halves may offer a bit more pace and spark than laidlaw from number nine, but laidlaw‘s experience, composure and world —class experience, composure and world—class kicking will be sorely missed by the scots going forward. now he got the call to lead his country during a nappy change, butjoe root says he's ready to go from being a dad to being the boss. england's new test cricket captain has barely done the job before, and insists he'll be asking for help from his team—mates and predecessors, before leading the team for the first time injuly. our sports reporter david ornstein spent the day with the new skipper. joe root was confirmed as england

captain on monday, and today we heard from him for the first time. fittingly, speaking here at headingley, home of yorkshire, the cou nty headingley, home of yorkshire, the county that has helped nurture him to be one of the worlds finest batsmen. now comes the test. to be one of the worlds finest batsmen. now comes the testlj to be one of the worlds finest batsmen. now comes the test. i think you never know unless you are given the opportunity. i'm very excited about the challenges it holds. i can't wait to get stuck into it. hopefully, people will enjoy the way we go about our business. we have a very exciting group of players. that isa very exciting group of players. that is a massive positive for us moving forward. hopefully, people enjoy watching us perform later in the summer. watching us perform later in the summer. root is just watching us perform later in the summer. root isjust 26 and is england's best batsmen. but he has had no captain sees at senior international level. but he believes

he has what it takes to succeed. he is known as thejoker in the dressing room, but he denies that he has to change. i think it is important that we keep the humour and enjoyment there, because there's plenty of times in international sport where it isn't funny, and it is quite tough. i like to think that the guys enjoy it, and people at home as well. i want them to enjoy the cricket we are playing. root's work does not begin untiljuly when england face south africa. they then welcome the west indies, but then the big one, a trip down under, to face australia in the ashes. london will host the 2017 women's tour final stage. the five—stage event is part of the uci women's world tour and will conclude in the capital on sunday the 11th ofjune. it will be the fourth edition of the event, which britain's lizzie deignan won last year. the race will also include stages in northamptonshire, warwickshire, stoke—on—trent,

staffordshire and derbyshire. the women's tour ended in london. i am keen to encourage more people to cycle in london, to make it safer and easier. we want to show the world that london is open, and we are the sporting capital of the world. we have the heavyweight boxing between anthonyjoshua and wladimir klitschko. we have the largest number of nfl games taking place in london later this year. and we are in discussions with major league baseball to see if we can get that here in london as well. ronnie o'sullivan has been knocked out of the welsh open snooker. he blew a 3—0 lead to lose 4—3 to mark davis in the second round in cardiff, where it's been a day of shocks. 15—year—old schoolboy jackson page will have to take more time off his studies after reaching the third round. he needed a wild card, and permission from his teachers,