Arsenal and Aston Villa advance as Champions League quarter-final fixtures confirmed

Arsenal and Aston Villa are the last British teams standing in the Champions League after safely making it through the Round of 16.

They joined Liverpool in qualifying automatically for the knockout phases after finishing in the top eight of this year's new-look competition, with Manchester City and Celtic going out in the play-offs.

Liverpool were knocked out on penalties after an enthralling tie with Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday night despite emerging as one of the favourites to win the entire competition after topping the initial table phase.

But while Arne Slot's men are out, the Gunners and Villa have made into the final eight.

The Gunners were all but through to the quarter-finals after thrashing PSV Eindhoven 7-1 in the first leg of their tie in the Netherlands. Mikel Arteta's men saw the job through with a much-changed side drawing 2-2 at The Emirates.

Aston Villa also went into this week's fixture with a healthy advantage after beating Club Brugge 3-1 away in Belgium. They stuck three past their opponents again at Villa Park to advance with a 3-0 triumph on the night and 6-2 on aggregate.

Intriguingly, both teams already know who they will be facing in the quarter-finals after the route to the final was mapped out in the draw for the knockouts.

Aston Villa will meet Paris Saint-Germain for a place in the final four, while Arsenal will meet Real Madrid, who needed extra-time and penalties to get past their arch-rivals, Atletico Madrid, on a dramatic night.

Quarter-final fixtures

PSG vs Aston Villa

Arsenal vs Real Madrid

Barcelona vs Borussia Dortmund

Bayern Munich vs Inter Milan

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