Arsenal and Bayern Munich train at Shanghai Stadium in front of fans ahead of highly anticipated friendly at the Shanghai Stadium

Daily Mail | July 18, 2017

Arsenal and Bayern Munich have trained at the Shanghai Stadium ahead of their highly-anticiapted friendly on Wednesday in China.

There were thousands of Arsenal fans in attendance and they were greeted by their Gunners heroes, who stopped to sign autographs and pose for pictures.

Arsene Wenger even got to enjoy a positive reception - something that rarely occurred in a tumultuous Premier League campaign last season - with a supporter holding up an 'In Arsene we trust' sign and Bayern boss Carlo Ancelotti stopping for a lengthy chat.

Arsenal's players have trained on the Shanghai Stadium pitch ahead of their friendly encounter against Bayern Munich

There were Arsenal supporters in attendance to catch a glimpse of their heroes as they went through their paces

Gunners manager Arsene Wenger had a conversation with his opposite number at Bayern, Carlo Ancelotti

It was clear who the Arsenal supporters in China wanted to be the manager of the club they suport

Switzerland midfield player Granit Xhaka stopped to meet Arsenal supporters and sign autographs for them

Mesut Ozil did u00a0not look to be feeling the heat in Asia too badly as he headed out to the pitch with his team-matesu00a0 — Mesut Ozil did not look to be feeling the heat in Asia too badly as he headed out to the pitch with his team-mates

Ancelotti and Bayern inflicted misery upon Arsenal last season in the Champions League, defeating the north London side 5-1 in both of their Champions League last-16 legs.