Champions League quarter-final draw: Arsenal and Manchester City handed nightmare route to final
The draw for the latter stages took place in Switzerland on Friday morning (Picture: Getty)
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.
While Arsenal were toiling against Porto, Manchester City dispatched Copenhagen with relative ease and now take on Real Madrid – with the winner of that tie then taking on either Arsenal or Bayern in the semi-final.
Champions League quarter-final draw
Arsenal v Bayern Munich
Atletico Madrid v Borussia Dortmund
Real Madrid v Manchester City
PSG v Barcelona
Bayern were given a brief scare in their showdown with Lazio but rallied in the second leg, and the meeting with Arsenal sees Harry Kane go up against his old north London rivals.
Incredibly, the former Tottenham talisman has 14 goals and three ...
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