Manchester City face Real Madrid, Arsenal face Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals | Football News

In Friday’s draw, defending champion Manchester City will face Real Madrid, a record 14-time champion, in the Champions League quarter-finals, which means the two sides will meet in the Champions League for the third consecutive season. Arsenal will face Harry Kane’s Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain will take on Barcelona and Atletico Madrid will face Borussia Dortmund in other games. Pep Guardiola’s City will travel to the Spanish capital for the first leg on April 6 or 7 before returning in Manchester a week later. Last season, Manchester City defeated Real Madrid in the semi-finals. After a 1-1 draw at the Bernabeu, they won 4-0 at home in the second leg and won the Champions League for the first time.

When the two teams met in the semi-finals a year ago, Real Madrid took the lead before beating Liverpool in the final.

The Spanish giants also won the semi-final clash between the two teams in 2016, while Manchester City prevailed in the last 16 in 2020.

The draw set up a series of mouth-watering draws, with Arsenal beating Porto on penalties to advance to the quarter-finals for the first time since 2010, before eventually drawing with Bundesliga champions Bayern.

The Gunners will host the first leg at the Emirates Stadium, with former Tottenham Hotspur talisman Kane – who has scored 36 goals so far in his first season at Bayern – set to return to London.

An All-England semi-final is possible, with the winner between Arsenal and Bayern facing Manchester City or Real Madrid in the last four.

PSG’s meeting with Barcelona will be the latest installment in a rivalry with the French club aiming to win the Champions League for the first time in their final season before Kylian Mbappe leaves when his contract expires in June.

Barcelona knocked out Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-finals in 2013 and 2015 before recording a fine win in the last 16 in 2017 when they bounced back from a 4-0 first-leg defeat away from home. Recovered and went 6-1 in training camp.

Paris Saint-Germain avenged that defeat in the round of 16 in 2021. Mbappe scored a hat trick on the road, helping the team win 5-2 on aggregate.

Atletico Madrid will face Borussia Dortmund at home in the first leg of the quarter-finals, with the winner facing Paris Saint-Germain or Barcelona in the semi-finals.

This season’s Champions League final will be held at Wembley in London on June 1.

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