"That's history" - Mikel Arteta brushes off 5-1 Bayern Munich thrashings

After 14 agonising years and seven consecutive last-16 exits from the Champions League, Arsenal finally banished their European demons by beating Porto on penalties in the second leg of their last-16 showdown.

A first Champions League quarter-final since the 2009-10 season now awaits the North London giants, who were drawn against a familiar face in German champions Bayern for their last-eight encounter.

Gooners have been subjected to several painful watches against the Bavarians in the past, as their most recent elimination from the Champions League in the 2016-17 season came at the hands of their upcoming visitors in a 10-2 aggregate crushing.

The Gunners lost 5-1 in both fixtures that year — the home thrashing remains their heaviest-ever defeat at the Emirates — prior to which they were condemned to an identically embarrassing defeat in the 2015-16 group stage.

Arteta was also involved as a player when Bayern knocked Arsenal out in the last 16 in the 2012-13 and 2013-14 campaigns, and the Gunners have been eliminated from all of their four knockout ties with Tuesday's visitors in the Champions League.

However, Bayern have lost their status as undisputed Bundesliga champions this season, as Bayer Leverkusen need to win just one more match to end the Bavarians' 11-year reign of dominance in German football.

Meanwhile, the Premier League title is currently Arsenal's to lose as they sit top of the table — above Liverpool on goal difference and one point better off than Manchester