In the Champions League quarterfinals, Manchester City will take on 14-time champion Real Madrid, while Arsenal will play Bayern Munich.
In the first leg, the Gunners will play German team Bayern, who are led by England captain Harry Kane, at Emirates Stadium.
In the meantime, City, the champion team from the previous year, has faced Real in the knockout stages for the third straight season.
The first two legs are scheduled for April 9–10 and April 16–17, respectively. On April 9, City and Arsenal will play their first leg matches.
Pep Guardiola’s team will host Bayern at the Bernabeu, while the Gunners will play at home against Bayern.
The two Premier League teams will play each other in the return legs on April 17.
On April 9, City and Arsenal will play their firstleg matches.
Pep Guardiola’s team will host Bayern at the Bernabeu, while the Gunners will play at home again Bayern.
The two Premier League teams will play each other in the semi-finals if they win their respective ties, and the return legs take place on April 17.
The other matches pit five-time winners Barcelona against French champions Paris St-Germain and fourth-place finishers Atletico Madrid against German rivals Borussia Dortmund.
The second legs of the semifinals will take place on May 7-8, one week after the first legs on April 30 and May 1. On Saturday, June 1, this year’s final will take place at Wembley Stadium.
Quarterfinal draw between Bayern Munich and Arsenal Borussia Dortmund vs. Atletico Madrid Bar vs. Paris St-Germain
Manchester City vs. Real Madrid Semi-finals draw between Barcelona or Paris St-Germain and Atletico Madrid or Borussia Dortmund Real Madrid or Manchester City versus Arsenal or Bayern Munich Tuesday at the Emirates, Arsenal defeated Porto in a nail-biting penalty shootout to go to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2010.
After leaving Tottenham for the Bundesliga winners last summer, Kane, a 30-year-old striker, has scored 30 goals in 25 league games so far this season.
The Gunners lost both of their legs of their last-16 matchup in the 2016–17 competition, falling short of Bayern 10–2 on aggregate. Having won the home tie 2-0, they were also defeated 5-1 in the competition’s group stage the previous season.
Following fireworks that were fired off and thrown onto the field during Bayern’s last-16 encounter against Lazio earlier this month, the team will not be allowed to have its supporters at the Emirates.
In the round of 16, City easily defeated Danish champions Copenhagen 6-2 overall to secure a spot in the eighth consecutive last eight. In the previous year’s semi-finals, Pep Guardiola’s Treble champions thoroughly outclassed Real Madrid, defeating Carlo Ancelotti’s team 5-1 on aggregate.
