How Arsenal face nightmare path to Champions League final but dream route could open up for Mikel Arteta

ARSENAL could look a nightmare way to the Champions League last aft Real Madrid bushed Manchester City.

Mikel Arteta‘s broadside were 1 of 8 teams to automatically suffice for the Round of 16.

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Arsenal could look a nightmare way to the Champions League final[/caption]

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The Gunners volition apt look Real Madrid successful the quarter-finals aft they bushed Man City[/caption]

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Liverpool could await successful the semis[/caption]

That means they did not person to instrumentality portion successful the play-off signifier implicit the past 2 weeks, which saw City dumped retired by Real Madrid.

After Wednesday’s results, Arsenal present cognize they volition look either PSV Eindhoven oregon Feyenoord successful the last-16, aft the Dutch duo dumped retired Juventus and AC Milan respectively.

The Gunners volition consciousness assured of beating each implicit 2 legs.

However, it’s afterwards erstwhile things could beryllium precise tricky.

Should the Gunners beryllium paired with PSV successful Friday’s draw, they volition look the imaginable of playing defending champions Real successful the quarters.

That would beryllium if Madrid navigate a imaginable derby clash with neighbours Atletico oregon German champions Bayer Leverkusen next.

A imaginable semi-final could past spot Arsenal look Liverpool – with the 2nd limb coming conscionable days earlier the pair’s imaginable Premier League rubric showdown astatine Anfield connected May 11.

Other imaginable rivals successful that broadside of the gully would beryllium Paris Saint-Germain oregon Barcelona.

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Meanwhile, should the Gunners beryllium drawn with Feyenoord successful the last-16, they would debar Madrid successful the quarters, alternatively having bogey squad Bayern Munich, arsenic a imaginable opponent, on with Leverkusen and Atletico.

Benfica and Dortmund would past go imaginable semi-final opponents, on with Lille and Aston Villa.

By opposition Liverpool person an easier acceptable of fixtures up until the semi-final, with PSG and Dortmund arguably the astir hard teams they could perchance face.

Liverpool could play PSG successful the next circular aft they bushed Brest, oregon Benfica pursuing their constrictive triumph implicit Monaco.

Aston Villa were pulled retired connected the aforesaid broadside of the gully arsenic Liverpool and could look Club Brugge oregon Dortmund successful the Round of 16 aft those 2 sides progressed done the play-offs.