UCL draw simulated - Arsenal face familiar foe while Man City face titanic clash

The Champions League quarter-finals are upon us and there are potentially some mouth-watering ties on the horizon.

Two English clubs remain in the competition as Arsenal and Manchester City both wait with bated breath to find out who they will face in the next round of the competition.

Of course with it being the quarter-finals teams from the same nations will no longer be held apart so that could lead to an all-Premier League match-up between the two title chasers.

That also leaves the possibility of a Madrid derby on the cards and who wouldn't want to see those two renew hostilities for two more games this season?

There is also the intrigue that the ties including Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, PSG and Bayern Munich added.

Mail Sport used an app to simulate the quarter-final draw and here is how it played out.

Arsenal's reward for squeezing past Porto on penalties would be familiar Champions Leauge knockout opponents Barcelona.

In years gone by Lionel Messi and company often put Arsene Wenger's sides to the sword, save for The Gunners' famous win at the Emirates Stadium thanks to goals form Robin van Persie and Andrey Arshavin.

But times have moved on, and Arsenal may fancy themselves against the Spanish opposition this time around.

Xavi's side have wobbled often this season, and despite a comfortable 3-1 win over Napoli in the second leg, look far from formiddable.

Not that much can be read into it, but Mikel Arteta's side also ran out 5-3 winners in a pre-season friendly back in July, that could give them some confidence.

In the simulation the titanic clash that everyone will be hoping for fell upon us.

Last season's Champions League final will live in the memories of both sets of fanbases for very different reasons.

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