Champions League quarter-final draw in full: Arsenal to face Sporting as Liverpool eye PSG revenge

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·18 March 2026

Champions League quarter-final draw in full: Arsenal to face Sporting as Liverpool eye PSG revenge

Real Madrid face Bayern Munich in the standout last-eight tie

Quarter-final lineup set: Arsenal and Liverpool are both through to the Champions League last eight

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Arsenal will face Sporting in the Champions League quarter-finals, while Liverpool have been drawn against holders Paris Saint-Germain.

The Gunners remain the only unbeaten side left in this season’s competition after overcoming Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 on aggregate in the last 16, with Eberechi Eze and Declan Rice on target in a 2-0 second-leg win.

Standing in Arsenal’s way of reaching successive Champions League semi-finals is a Sporting side that produced the comeback of the round to end Bodo/Glimt’s fairytale run in Europe.

Sporting overturned a 3-0 first-leg deficit to progress 5-3 on aggregate after extra time, setting up a quarter-final showdown against Arsenal and a reunion with former striker Viktor Gyokeres.

Should Arsenal get past Sporting, they will face a semi-final against either Barcelona or Atletico Madrid after they overcame Newcastle and Tottenham respectively.

Elsewhere, Liverpool will take on holders PSG in the quarter-finals in a repeat of last season’s last-16 showdown, where the French side progressed on penalties en route to claiming a first-ever Champions League title.

The winners of that game will set up a mouth-watering semi-final against either Real Madrid or Bayern Munich in what is arguably the standout quarter-final tie.

Champions League quarter-final first-leg matches are scheduled to be held on April 7/8, with the return fixtures taking place a week later.