After we beat Sporting CP 1-0 on aggregate, we have reached back-to-back semi-finals of the Champions League for the first time in our history.
We will now face Atletico Madrid in the last four of the competition, who knocked out Barcelona 3-2 on aggregate in their quarter-final on Tuesday night.
We faced Atleti for the first time in our history back in October, when a brace from Viktor Gyokeres plus strikes from Gabriel and Gabriel Martinelli saw us collect a 4-0 victory in the league phase.
Atleti would bounce back from that by winning their next three games in the competition to ultimately finish 14th in the table, setting up a play-off round meeting with Club Brugge, where they advanced 7-4 after two legs.
They then beat Tottenham Hotspur 5-2 at home before winning 7-5 on aggregate to set up an all-Spanish clash with Barca, and after winning 2-0 at the Nou Camp, a 2-1 defeat was still enough to progress to the semis for the first time since 2016/17.
The first leg will take place at their Metropolitano Stadium home on Wednesday, April 29, before we host Diego Simeone’s side at Emirates Stadium six days later on Tuesday, May 5. Both games will kick off at 8pm UK time.
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Report: Arsenal 0-0 Sporting CP (agg 1-0)
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