Arsenal and Aston Villa are the last British teams in the Champions League after they have safely reached the round of 16.
They automatically joined Liverpool in qualifying for the knockout phases after ending in the top eight of this year's new look competition, where Manchester City and Celtic went out in the play-offs.
Liverpool was eliminated on Tuesday evening on penalties after a fascinating tie with Paris Saint-Germain, even though he stood up as one of the favorites to win the entire competition after the first table phase.
But while the men of Arne Slot are out, the Gunners and Villa made the last eight.
The Gunners were almost until the quarterfinals after the thrashing of PSV Eindhoven 7-1 in the first stage of their draw in the Netherlands. The men of Mikel Arteta saw the work through with a much changed silk drawing with 2-2 at the Emirates.
Aston Villa also went away in Belgium 3-1 in Belgium's game in this week after beating Club Brugge. They held three opponents again in Villa Park to continue with a 3-0 triumph on the night and 6-2 on total.
It is intriguing that both teams already know who they will be confronted with in the quarterfinals after the route to the final in the draw for the knockouts was assigned.
Aston Villa will meet Paris Saint-Germain for a place in the last four, while Arsenal will meet Real Madrid, who needed extra time and fines to get to their arch rivals, Atletico Madrid, on a dramatic night.
Quarter -final luminaires
PSG vs Aston Villa
Arsenal vs Real Madrid
Barcelona vs Borussia Dortmund
Bayern Munich versus Inter Milan
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