Gunners face Liverpool in Champions League

Arsenal have been drawn against Liverpool in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

The Barclays Premier League giants will face each other three times in a week next month, with a top-flight match sandwiched between the two legs.

Manchester United will face Roma – who they have played in the competition already this season and knocked out a year ago – with the second leg at Old Trafford.

Chelsea have the most favourable draw of the English clubs with a trip to Istanbul to face tournament outsiders Fenerbahce, before a second leg at Stamford Bridge.

In the other last-eight tie, Barcelona take on Schalke.

Arsenal and Liverpool have never faced each other in European competition before, but the stage is set for a more familiar semi-final line-up.

Should the Merseyside club make it through to the last four – with the ties being played on April 22/23 and 29/30 – they would be likely to face Chelsea at that stage for the third time in four years.

Were Arsenal and the Blues to make it through, it would be a repeat of the quarter-final clash from 2003/04 when Chelsea prevailed.

If Manchester United see off Roma - who they thrashed 7-1 at Old Trafford in the last eight a year ago - they would take on the winner of Schalke versus Barcelona in the semi-finals.

Today was the first time four clubs from a single country have figured in the quarter-finals draw for the Champions League.

The final will take place in Moscow on May 21.

Draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Champions League:

Quarter-finals:

1 Arsenal v Liverpool

2 Roma v Manchester United

3 Schalke v Barcelona

4 Fenerbahce v Chelsea

First legs will be played on April 1 and 2 with the returns on April 8 and 9.

Semi-finals:

Winners QF 1 v Winners QF 4

Winners QF 3 v Winners QF 2

First legs will be played on April 22 and 23 with the returns on April 29 and 30.