LONDON - Arsenal are set to play Napoli, while Chelsea drew Slavia Prague, in the quarter-finals of the Europa League after the draw at UEFA’s Swiss headquarters in Nyon.
Arsenal, who managed to overturn a 3-1 first-leg away deficit against Rennes in the round of 16, will face Carlo Ancelotti's side in what could be argued as the toughest draw of the round.
The Gunners defeated Rennes 3-0 in the second leg at the Emirates on Thursday, with goals from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Ainsley Maitland-Niles, while Napoli held off any potential comeback from Red Bull Salzburg with an early away goal to help them to a 4-3 aggregate win, despite losing 3-1 on the night.
Chelsea were handed a more favourable draw, with the Premier League side facing Slavia Prague, who knocked out five-time Europa League winners Sevilla in the round of 16.
Olivier Giroud's perfect hat-trick away at Dynamo Kiev took his Europa League goal tally to nine, the highest in the competition so far.
Villarreal and Valencia go head-to-head in an all-Spanish tie after the pair dispatched Russian duo Zenit St Petersburg and Krasnodar in the last round. Valencia sneaked past Krasnodar thanks to a stoppage-time winner from Goncalo Guedes in the dying moments of the second leg.
Benfica face Eintracht Frankfurt following the Bundesliga club's surprise 1-0 victory against Inter Milan at the San Siro in the second leg of their round of 16 tie. Eintracht Frankfurt's star striker Luka Jovic scored a delicious chip to secure the victory and put them through to the quarter-finals.
Jovic is currently on a two-year loan at the German side from their Europa League opponents Benfica, with Frankfurt likely to take up the option-to-buy clause in the summer. The Serbian international will be able to face his parent side.
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