The Gunners appeared to be in control of the game after breaking the deadlock – with Theo Walcott missing the target after a powerful run – but they almost conceded an equaliser before the break when Laurent Koscielny turned a Ruben Pardo cross over his own bar
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The back-to-back FA Cup winners went into the tie without a win in their last three Premier League matches
Ighalo netted three times in October, twice in the win over West Ham United a fortnight ago, as well as grabbing the equaliser in a 1-1 draw at Bournemouth at the beginning of the month
The visitors started the game positively, as Nacho Monreal fired wide from inside the penalty area, before Campbell fired over the bar from distance
Arsene Wenger insisted before the match that his side were capable of beating Bayern and the hosts had the best chances early on, with Mesut Ozil being denied by his compatriot, Manuel Neuer
Liverpool should have been ahead during what was a dominant first-half performance, but Arsenal improved after the break and will feel that they deserved at least a share of the spoils in London
The deadlock was broken by the visitors just after the quarter-hour mark when Mesut Ozil’s cross from the left was acrobatically netted by Olivier Giroud from 16 yards out
The result keeps Arsenal third in the table, while Newcastle slipped to 12th
QPR, to their credit, made for a nervy finish when Austin turned into space on the edge of the box before lasing a fierce shot towards goal past the helpless Ospina
The Brazilian scored two goals in six games for the Reds last month, including a sensational strike during their 2-0 win at Southampton
The visitors took the lead after just eight minutes when Pape Souare brought down Danny Welbeck inside the box, leaving a calm and collected Santi Cazorla to roll home adroitly from the spot
Boro, who knocked out Premier League champions, Manchester City, in the fourth round, were chasing shadows for much of the first half and managed just one shot before the interval
The Gunners beat Man City 2-0 last time out in the league and needed to back that superb win up in Sunday’s early kick-off
“I didn’t want to talk a lot about this situation, it’s always the same when you’re losing a game, it’s always like that and the first man in front of the criticism is the boss,” said Giroud
The Chelsea player claimed referee Mark Geiger saw Giroud strike him in a 29th minute tangle, but opted against showing the Arsenal man a card before France battled to a 2-0 win and a place in the quarter-finals
And Switzerland suffered a major blow two minutes later when they lost key defender, Steve von Bergen, with a severe eye injury inflicted after Olivier Giroud unintentionally hit him with a high boot
France controlled the game from the first whistle with Paul Pogba running the game in midfield with Yohan Cabaye, Blaise Matuidi and Mathieu Valbuena.
Their passing and movement was too much for Honduras to handle but the final ball was lacking so often
After the final whistle on Sunday, the Arsenal players, many of them carrying their children, walked around the pitch in a lap of appreciation
Arsenal, having so far brought in only two free transfers, earned the bragging rights after Giroud tucked home his fourth goal in five appearances to settle an entertaining, but also heated, contest