Champions League draw as Arsenal and Man City discover quarter-final opponents

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The Champions League draw is set to take place on Friday
The Champions League draw is set to take place on Friday

Arsenal and Manchester City learned their Champions League opponents following the culmination of the quarter final draw in Nyon this morning.

Eight teams remained in the competition as Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain all remain in addition to Arsenal and Manchester City.

It has been a comfortable journey for Pep Guardiola's side so far as they recorded a perfect record in a group against RB Leipzig, Young Boys and Crvena Zvezda before handily dispatching FC Copenhagen. Their task will not come easy having been drawn against 2022 champions Real Madrid.

LOOK AT THE FULL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW

Champions League draw as Arsenal and Man City discover quarter-final opponents qhiqqkiqhriqdtinvThe Champions League trophy on display (Getty Images)

After squeezing through to this stage via a penalty shootout win over Porto, Mikel Arteta now has to plan for Bayern Munich. No easy task.

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The House of European Football also saw the semi-final drawn on Friday. The quarter-finalists involved in Man City and Arsenal's ties will go on to face each other for a place in the final.

The opposite half of the draw holds plenty of intrigue too. Atletico Madrid welcome Borussia Dortmund to the Wanda Metropolitano in the first leg of their tie while Paris-Saint German take on Barcelona.

Check out how the full draw unfolded in Switzerland as John Obi Mikel pulled balls from the pot below.

Piers Morgan's message to Kane

The Arsenal fan could not resist taking a jibe at the former Spurs star.

Morgan reckons the Gunners will make Kane's season somewhat worse.

Champions League draw as Arsenal and Man City discover quarter-final opponentsPiers Morgan could not resist a dig at Harry Kane (DeFodi Images via Getty Images)

Europa Conference League draw

Aston Villa are the only British team remaining in the competition and will face one of Club Brugge, Fenerbahce, Fiorentina, Lille, Olympiakos, PAOK, Viktoria Plzen.

Find out who here, with the draw to get underway now.

Another reunion

Luis Enrique will make his return to Barcelona. Xavi would have played with and for the PSG boss.

Europa League draw

Liverpool face Atalanta in the final eight of the Europa League, with Premier League rivals West Ham United drawing the tricky task of Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen.

Full draw.

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Supercomputer ratings

Man City have been given a 33.6 per cent chance of winning this term's Champions League, more than double that of next nearest rivals PSG who record 15.4 per cent. Arsenal have been placed as third favourites alongside Real Madrid by OLBG.

The remaining side have less than a 10% chance of success.

Europa league draw getting underway

A reminder we have full coverage.

Kane's return to London

The former Spurs captain will hope to haunt the Emirates as he faces a Premier League side in London for the first time since departing in the summer.

The forward has already tasted victory against Manchester United this term.

Kane has a record of 14 goals in 19 appearances against Arsenal and settled quickly in Germany despite Bayern's struggles. The 30-year-old has 36 goals in 34 outings and leads the Champions League scoring charts with six efforts so far this term.

Champions League draw as Arsenal and Man City discover quarter-final opponents (DeFodi Images via Getty Images)

Bayern fans banned from Emirates

Arsenal will play just in front of their own fans in the quarter-final first leg with Bayern Munich supporters banned.

The Bundesliga champions' faithful have been banned from attending the away leg due to throwing fireworks onto the pitch during the 3-1 win against Lazio earlier on this month.

Full story.

More draws to come

We've got full coverage of the Europa League and Europa Conference League draws too.

Follow them here.

Reaction

If Arsenal hope for any success they will certainly not have an easy route to make it to Wembley. Both Premier League sides have probably been handed the more difficult half of the draw.

You have to beat the best to be the best however and that is what the Champions League is all about!

Reminder

Quarter-finals will be April 9/10 and the return leg the following week. Specific dates will be released later today.

Final draw

Winners of semi-final one will be considered the home team for administrative purposes.

And still...

The home team for the final needs to be drawn.

Semi-final two

Arsenal/Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid/Man City

Semi-final one

Atletico Madrid/Borussia Dortmund vs PSG/Barcelona.

We aren't done yet!

Semi-final draw now.

Quarter-final draw in full

Arsenal vs Bayern Munich

Ateltico Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund

Real Madrid vs Man City

PSG vs Barcelona.

That leaves

PSG vs Barcelona.

Wow!

Real Madrid vs Man City.

The two most recent champions!

Quarter-final three

Real Madrid next out. Giants of the competition, not a draw many will be keen on.

Quarter-final two

Atletico Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund.

Quarter-final number two

A bit of a struggle from Mikel but eventually Atletico Madrid have been drawn.

First quarter-final tie

Arsenal vs Bayern Munich.

A return to north London for Kane.

First out

Arsenal are drawn first and will play their first leg at home.

hands are in the pot!

Let's go.

Mikel or winning the UCL

It meant a lot for us, that was the one trophy that the owners and fans wanted us to win. We'd won everything else and Roman said to stop winning everything else. It was special to win for him.

Champions League nights are so special, as a football player you want to play in these games, you want to lift the trophy. With players on the way out of the club like Drogba, Petr Cech, it was really special.

Today's help

John Obi Mikel, winner of the competition in 2012 with Chelsea joins proceedings!

Giorgio Marchetti arrives

The vice secretary general of UEFA is on the stage and acknowleding this is the last edition of the current UCL format.

We're away

The ceremony has started! Let's see how long the wait is until the draw.

Video packaging recapping the run to this stage currently playing.

One to avoid

As well as being a very good team, Real Madrid have one 11 consecutive Champions League quarter-finals they have made. They last fell at the stage to Monaco in 2003/04.

Scott Trotter

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