Real Madrid will go into the tie as clear favourites after squeezing past rivals Atletico Madrid in a controversial penalty shootout. Arsenal have the added challenge of being away for the second leg, but there are reasons for Mikel Arteta’s side to believe they can cause an upset.

Arsenal and Aston Villa are the last Premier League clubs standing in the Champions League and they both face European giants in the quarter-final stage. Mikel Arteta's men have a mouth-watering tie against 15-time winners and reigning champions Real Madrid in the quarter-finals. Like Aston Villa, they will have the home advantage in the second leg

By the time that was going on, most Arsenal fans were on their way home or in the local pubs watching on to see who their opponents would be in the next chapter of this Champions League series. Arsenal’s half of the draw in their post-PSV world takes them into the realms they have not been for a long while.