Full list ranking all nine of Arsenal’s potential Champions League quarter-final opponents
Arsenal are waking up today as Champions League quarter-finalists for the first time in 14 years following their dramatic penalty shootout victory over FC Porto. David Raya was the hero on the nightafter Leandro Trossard had secured the vital goal which would eventually take the tie through extra time and to spot kicks.
Mikel Arteta is in untrodden territory as a player and now coach and is looking forward to who his side might face next in the competition. The quarter-finals are due to take place on the week of April 9 and 10 for the first leg with the second leg the immediate week after.
There remain two more last-16 ties left to play but that will not stop football.london from looking through the list of potential opponents and ranking the remaining nine sides in the competition. From least to most challenging, although at this stage there are no easy ties, Arsenal will fancy themselves against anyone after this boost and sitting currently top of the Premier League.
One of the sides who has a second leg last-16 tie still to play following their 1-1 home draw with Borussia Dortmund. PSV are the last Eredivisie side left in the competition and are very familiar with the Gunners having faced them in this season’s Champions League group stage but also at the same stage of the Europa League last season.
They remain unbeaten in the Dutch top flight and ten points clear of Feyenoord who are one of only two teams to beat them in competitive fixtures this season to this point – the other of course being Arsenal who won 4-0 at home but with a rotated side were held to a 1-1 draw in Eindhoven. Should they progress, they would be the majority of supporters' picks.
Again, like PSV, they are the underdogs to make it to the
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