Arsenal are very excited to play reigning champions Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals next month but they will not be distracted from their Premier League duties as they shift their focus to Chelsea,

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.

Arsenal are set to face off against the Champions League holders in the quarter-finals and Mikel Arteta has some advice for his players.

Arsenal has fallen 15 points adrift of Liverpool at the top of the Premier League and could now find itself in a battle to make the top four, with Chelsea its next opponents this weekend.

William Gallas claims Mikel Arteta’s decision to sign Raheem Sterling and his subsequent use of him proves he is not a world class manager. Eyebrows were raised when the Arsenal boss turned to a player who had been deemed surplus to requirements by Chelsea on the final day of the summer transfer window.