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  "textContent": "Arsenal have discovered their fate (Picture: Getty)\n\nArsenal have discovered their potential route to the Champions League final after the draw for the tournament’s knockout stages took place.\n\nMikel Arteta’s side enjoyed a perfect run in the league phase, winning all eight of their matches to lay down a marker to the competition.\n\nLast year, the Gunners reached the semi-finals before bowing out to the eventual champions, Paris Saint-Germain, following a 3-1 aggregate defeat.\n\nBut the north London side will be hopeful of kicking on further this season, and now their route to getting back to the Champions League final for the first time since 2006.\n\n## What is Arsenal’s route to the Champions League final?\n\nArsenal will play **Bayer Leverkusen** in the last-16 of the Champions League. The German club beat Olympiacos 2-0 in the play-offs and currently sit sixth in the Bundesliga.\n\nShould the Gunners progress past the German side, a favourable quarter-final awaits against either **Bodo/Glimt** or **Sporting CP.**\n\n##  Your football fix\n\n**Metro** 's Head of Sport James Goldman delivers punchy analysis, transfer talk and his take on the week's biggest stories direct to your inbox every week.\n\nSign up here, it's an open goal.\n\nSporting, like Arsenal secured a top-eight finish in the league phase, while Bodo Glimt shocked Italian giants Inter Milan to reach this point in the competition.\n\n##  Champions League last-16 draw in full\n\n\n\nThe Champions League brackets in full (Click image to expand)\n\nReal Madrid vs Man City\nSporting Lisbon vs Bodø/Glimt\nPSG vs Chelsea\nNewcastle vs Barcelona\nLiverpool vs Galatasaray\nAtletico Madrid vs Tottenham\nAtalanta vs Bayern Munich\nBayer Leverkusen vs Arsenal\n\nA potential semi-final awaits against either **Newcastle, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid** or local rivals Tottenham.\n\nNewcastle face a tough task against Barca, while Igor Tudor’s side will look to rectify their horrid recent record against Atletico in the other last-16 clash.\n\nArsenal’s first-place finish in the league phase means they also get the advantage of playing the second leg of each knockout tie at home.\n\nArsenal finished top of the league phase (Picture: Getty)\n\nAnd should Arsenal reach the final, one of the eight teams on the other side of the draw await.\n\nA potential rematch with PSG from last year is a possibility, while all-English match-ups versus Liverpool, Chelsea or Manchester City could be on the cards, too.\n\n## Arsenal’s potential path to Champions League final:\n\n  * **Last-16:** Bayer Leverkusen\n  * **Quarter-finals:** Sporting CP\n  * **Semi-finals:** Barcelona\n  * **Finals:** Bayern Munich\n\n\n\n## Champions League knockout phase fixture dates\n\nLast 16: March 10/11 and March 17/18\n\nQuarter-finals: April 7/8 and April 14/15\n\nSemi-finals: April 28/29 and May 5/6\n\nFinal: May 30 (Budapest)\n\n**For more stories like this,check our sport page**.\n\n**Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on**Facebook, **Twitter and Instagram**.\n\nComment now Comments  Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source ",
  "title": "Arsenal route to the Champions League final revealed after last-16 draw"
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