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PSV manager Peter Bosz has a number of key players at his disposal for Arsenal to be wary of.

Captain Luuk de Jong, who previously played for Newcastle United, has scored 15 goals in 35 appearances for PSV this term.

Young Belgian international Johan Bakayoko has also scored 10 in all competitions this term from 35 games.

A boost for Arsenal is the absence of American international Ricardo Pepi, who has scored 17 goals for PSV for this season at a rate of one every 61.9 minutes. Pepi is set to miss the rest of the season through injury.

In January, PSV acquired left-back Tyrell Malacia on loan from Manchester United. They have also signed former Arsenal striker Lucas Perez in recent weeks, while former Tottenham winger Ivan Perisic also plays for the 1988 European champions.

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Prior to the end of the Champions League quarter-finals, any player who receives three yellow cards will be handed a one-match ban.

Raheem Sterling is the only Arsenal player set to feature who is currently on two yellow cards and needs to avoid the third against PSV to not be banned.

Winger Gabriel Martinelli, who is currently injured, is also a yellow card away from suspension but will not feature tonight.

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PSV Eindhoven face Arsenal for the 11th time this evening, all of which have come since the turn of the millenium.

The Gunners' record in Eindhoven is not one that has favoured them in recent times. Of Arsenal's five trips there, they have only picked up one victory, a 4-0 win in September 2002.

Since then, PSV have beaten Arsenal twice and the other two meetings in the Netherlands have been draws.

In London, Arsenal have three wins against PSV, with the other two meetings ending level.

Arsenal's results in Eindhoven:

• December 2023 - PSV 1-1 Arsenal (Champions League)
• October 2022 - PSV 2-0 Arsenal (Europa League)
• February 2007 - PSV 1-0 Arsenal (Champions League)
• November 2004 - PSV 1-1 Arsenal (Champions League)
• September 2002 - PSV 0-4 Arsenal (Champions League)

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PSV enter tonight's first leg against Arsenal second in the Eredivisie table, eight points behind leaders Ajax.

The Eindhoven club are without a win from any of their last four league matches, and on Saturday were beaten 3-2 by Go Ahead Eagles three days after losing to the same side in the semi-finals of the KNVB Cup.

Their only win in their last six matches came against Juventus in the last round of the Champions League.

• This will be the second time Arsenal have faced PSV in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League, after being eliminated by the Dutch side in the last 16 in 2006-07 (lost 0-1 away, drew 1-1 at home).
• That 1-0 defeat is Arsenal's only loss in their last 14 games against Dutch sides in the Champions League - although eight of those have been draws.
• Arsenal have won each of their last four games in the Champions League, scoring 13 goals in the process. The last time they had a five-game CL win streak in a single edition was in 2005-06 when they reached the final.
• Arsenal have the lowest xG against per game average (0.73) in the Champions League this season, as well as allowing the fewest shots on target (2.4).
• If Ethan Nwaneri starts, he will be just the third English player aged under 18 to do so in the Champions League knock-outs, after Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden.

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Arsenal

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta spoke to the media before Tuesday's Champions League last-16 first leg at PSV Eindhoven.

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• On things Arsenal have learned in the Champions League this season: "In Europe this season, we have been much more like us. We have been much more consistent and scored a lot of goals. "
• He also emphasised how strong the Gunners have been in defence: "We haven't conceded almost anything, three goals, and we have the lowest expected goals conceded in the group phase. Now we have to continue to do it."

• He dismissed questions about whether Arsenal could win the competition, saying he was only focused on PSV: "The reality is that as a coach I just look at what is ahead. They eliminated Juventus, a team with a lot of history. I know the difficulty of the game - we have played them a lot in recent years."

Arsenal

Defender Jurrien Timber has urged Arsenal to "change the narrative" when they play PSV in the Champions League last-16 on Tuesday evening.

The Dutchman spoke to the media on Monday afternoon and said: "I think tomorrow we can change the narrative. We have a lot of quality in our group. We have a lot of injuries, especially upfront. We know that but it is a beautiful challenge.

"We have been through a lot, especially the last couple of weeks. It is a challenge for us and we just have to take it. "

Having failed to score against West Ham and Nottingham Forest, Arsenal have slipped further behind Liverpool in the title race and Timber was asked how to bring positivity back to Emirates Stadium.

"Change the narrative by winning games - it's as easy as that," he said. "We have to score tomorrow. In the Champions League you only have two games so you don't get second chances.

"I feel like I'm part of something big with this team and we can win a lot. We can do everything we can to win prizes and tomorrow is another step towards that."

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You have voted for who will win the last-16 Champions League ties and then, subsequently, who will win the quarter-finals.

Now it's time to vote for your semi-final winners.

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Nedum Onuoha
Former Manchester City defender on The Football Daily podcast

It's good to see Marco Asensio has the energy now and has the opportunity to go out and do it again because I think we’ve seen previously, he’s fallen out of favour at PSG. So for him to come to Villa and Villa to be able to afford that kind of player and the case with Marcus Rashford as well.

They are hungry to make a difference. Players who haven’t been playing week in, week out with their respective clubs and now they’ve come in to a club that is in the Champions League and in the quarter finals of the FA Cup, there’s real desire to get back into the Champions League with the league position as well. It’s a good place to be. They’re playing against Club Brugge and they know the second leg is a home so whatever the outcome of the first leg is, how exciting is that second game.

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Rory Smith
Chief Soccer Correspondent for The Athletic on BBC's Football Daily podcast

With it being PSV, I think it will be really damaging, if they lose a quarter-final to Real Madrid, a lot of people will say its quite unlucky getting Real Madrid at any point, you need somebody else to beat them and then you can try and win he Champions League. Mikel Arteta can’t approach it like the league has gone. Most reasonable people can point at the injuries and that’s where things have changed, that’s the mitigating circumstances.

Rory Smith
Chief Soccer Correspondent for The Athletic, on The Football Daily podcast

It’s tricky because I don’t want to be patronising towards PSV, Arsenal should have enough to get past PSV even with the injuries.

PSV are good, they play some really nice attacking stuff, they’ve got some really talented players. It will be difficult for PSV to score against Arsenal because they are so solid at the back.

If Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli come back for the quarter-finals that gives them a bit of a push. It will be a challenging quarter-final [against either Madrid team].

Then it is the semi-final, by that stage you can safely say that league might have gone.

If it’s their last shot at silverware, you can throw everything at the Champions League and that is when Arsenal is a threat there. They look like a team that could win the Champions League.

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Nedum Onuoha
Former Manchester City defender on The Football Daily podcast

If Arteta manages to be the manager that gives Arsenal the chance to play in another Champions League final, then that is huge success.

With the home advantage Arsenal have in the second leg, I don’t think it’s the case of being on the brink of collapse, I think it is more so an opportunity for them.

They have a real chance in the Champions League, as good as a chance as anybody else because as we’ve seen any result is possible and if they can find good football and be defensively solid like they have been throughout the competition so far, they will be in with a good chance.

I see it more as an opportunity for Arsenal, who is to say they can’t do it? Why not believe?

Arsenal's route to the final: PSV > Real Madrid/Atletico Madrid > PSG/Liverpool/Aston Villa/Club Brugge

Rory Smith
Chief Soccer Correspondent for The Athletic on BBC's Football Daily podcast

[Aston Villa] are in a slightly weird position because their league position is probably the concern. It looks to me an awful lot like Villa have been built to become a team that qualifies regularly for the Champions League.

They are only a few points off [the top five] so it is hard to say their season has been a real disappointment.

To an extent being in the Champions League probably makes that harder but at the same time, you wonder this is what they’re in it for.

They should have the depth to cover it, the problem is maybe they are if they don’t make it back to the Champions League next season, they suddenly have an expensive squad to sustain without Champions League revenue and that might be more of a problem for them.

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You have had your say. The Champions League last-16 results are in.

Having previously voted for who would win the last-16 ties, here is how you voted for the quarter-final winners.

Liverpool (90%) will beat Aston Villa

Bayern Munich (66%) will beat Inter Milan

Real Madrid (91%) will beat Arsenal

Barcelona (88%) will beat Borussia Dortmund

The semi-final votes will open at 11:00 GMT. They would be some mouth-watering last-four encounters.

Rory Smith
Chief Soccer Correspondent for The Athletic on BBC's Football Daily podcast

It’s hard not to be impressed.

[Aston Villa] have taken to it like a duck to water. I think they were helped a little bit with a relatively kind group stage lottery draw. They sailed through effectively.

They came 8th in the table but that meant they got automatic qualification, which as one of the lower seeded teams is an incredible achievement.

They’ve looked like they belong and that is the most you can say for a team that hasn’t been in the competition for 40 years.

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Last few minutes to vote for your quarter-final winners..

You have already chosen who you think will make the quarter-finals of the Champions League, now it's time to to vote for your semi-finalists.

You have until 10:30 to pick your quarter-final winners in our round by round Champions League poll.

The results will again be revealed here soon.

"They've tended to lose those games after [Champions League matches]".

Nedum Onuoha isn't wrong about Aston Villa's problems in the Premier League after these big mid-week matches.

Villa's average points in the eight games following a Champions League week is 0.75 per game.

If they had that form throughout the league campaign, they'd be on 21 points, below Wolves in 17th.

However, Unai Emery hasn't been helped by having some tricky fixtures in those matches; the four defeats came in away games against Liverpool, Chelsea, Nottingham Forest and Wolves.

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Nedum Onuoha
Former Manchester City defender on The Football Daily podcast

I think Unai Emery himself has felt very comfortable being in Europe, because we have seen him be successful in Europe with different sides before and I think that’s made a big difference in how they have equipped themselves in the Champions League this year.

I think the bigger issues have come with the way they bounce back after a midweek Champions League game.

I think they’ve tended to lose those games afterwards.

Given the fact that we are heading towards the end of the season, they’re languishing 10th in the Premier League and even though it is a few points away from being in the top four, top five that will be a concern for them but the players that are there, they’ve got the belief that they can go and be successful.

For context, Aston Villa have won one, drawn three and lost four Premier League games after Champions League matches this season.