Champions League quarter-final draw: Arsenal and Manchester City handed nightmare route to final
Arsenal have been handed a very difficult route to the Champions League final after landing Bayern Munich in the quarters, while reigning champions Manchester City take on Real Madrid.
The Gunners progressed to the last eight of Europe’s premier club competition for the first time since 2009/10 after overcoming a stubborn Porto side in midweek courtesy of a penalty shootout win.
Porto are only third in the Portuguese league table, some way adrift of Sporting and Benfica in the title race, and significantly tougher tests were waiting ahead of Friday’s draw at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
At this stage of the draw, no teams are seeded and there is no country protection – meaning clubs from the same league can be drawn against each other.