Arsenal can fill away end with own fans for Champions League quarter-final as Bayern banned

The Gunners will be able to fill the away end with their own fans

Arsenal will benefit from a bumper crowd for their Champions League quarter-final first leg against Bayern Munich, with fans of the German club banned from attending the game at Emirates Stadium.

UEFA have issued Bayern supporters with a ban from attending the away leg of their last-eight tie after fans threw fireworks onto the pitch during their 3-1 win over Lazio earlier this month.

That means Arsenal will be able to fill the away end with their own fans.

Under UEFA regulations, away sides must be allocated five per cent of the total stadium capacity, which should see around 5,000 extra Gunners supporters attend the club’s first Champions League quarter-final in 14 years.

Bayern were also fined €40,000 after travelling fans set off fireworks during their 2-1 win at FC Copenhagen in October. The German club were given a suspended one-match ban from purchasing away tickets in December. The subsequent incident at Lazio triggered the ban.

Bayern will not appeal UEFA’s decision, the club said in a statement.

“We have to accept this punishment. Not only were pyrotechnics set off, but also fired deliberately onto the field, directly endangering bystanders,” Bayern CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen said.

“This was such an explicit violation of the conditions of probation that an appeal is unfortunately futile.

“The fact we now have to play away without the support of our fans is a big blow. A small group of individual offenders have done a disservice to all our supporters and the team.”

Details of how fans can purchase tickets are expected in due course.

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