Arsenal's 16 year wait to play in the UEFA Champions League semifinals is officially over, ousting the reigning champions Real Madrid with a 2-1 win on Wednesday that ensured they would come out of the quarterfinals with a 5-1 aggregate victory.

Bayern should regain the Bundesliga but have stumbled out of the Champions League. So has Kompany's first season been a success or failure?

Bayern Munich has been navigating a congested fixture list campaigning on two fronts — the Bundesliga and the Champions League — but despite a healthy cushion in the former, knew it could not afford to take its foot off the gas.