Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has opened up on how his team can reach the UEFA Champions League semi final at the expense of record winners Real Madrid.

Mikel Arteta insists Arsenal are ‘very capable’ of beating Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals, although he recognises it will be ‘very difficult’ for them to do so. The Gunners strolled into the last eight with a 9-3 aggregate victory over PSV over two legs of the last 16.

Mikel Arteta has set his sights on Arsenal challenging for the Champions League after falling so far behind Liverpool in the Premier League title race. They are all but through to a quarter-final tie against either Real Madrid or Atlético Madrid after their record breaking 7-1 first leg win away to PSV Eindhoven.