Arsenal will play their second consecutive Champions League semi-final.
A 0-0 draw against Sporting Lisbon at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday allowed Arsenal to advance 1-0 on aggregate and face Atlético Madrid in the semi-finals of Europe’s top club football competition.
This means that the Premier League and Champions League double remains possible for Mikel Arteta’s team, despite the drop in performance in recent weeks.
Arsenal have never won the European Cup and have only reached the final once. But he is now just two games away from this year’s grand final in Budapest, Hungary.
Kai Havertz’s late goal in the first leg of the quarter-final in Portugal last week proved decisive as Sporting failed to break through in London.
It is the fourth time Arsenal have advanced to the semi-finals, having lost to eventual champions Paris Saint-Germain at the same stage last season.
The result was the perfect way for Arsenal to start a crucial week in which they also face Premier League title rivals Manchester City on Sunday.
There have been signs that the strain is affecting Arteta’s players as the season enters its final stretch, having lost the English League Cup final against City and then being knocked out of the FA Cup at the hands of second-tier Southampton.
