CHELSEA fans have been left thanking John Obi Mikel after the Champions League quarter-final draw.
The Blues legend pulled out the eight teams as each club found out their route to the final.
Mikel, 36, paired up Arsenal and Bayern Munich in the last eight.
With the winner then set to play either Manchester City or Real Madrid in the semi-final.
It is a very tough draw for the Gunners and Chelsea fans are confident their record of being the last English and only London club to lift the Champions League trophy will remain intact.
One supporter said: “Mikel put more fight in than the club to protect our European legacy. If Arsenal win it from this point nobody can say they didn’t deserve it.”
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Another added: “The moment when he pull out arsenal first, he had different smile.”
A third wrote: “Chelsea legend doing the business again.”
Mikel and former team-mate John Terry have both done Champions League draws this season and it is the West London club’s only appearance in Europe this season.
Chelsea finished last season in 12th and are on course to be missing from Uefa competitions next term as they currently sit 11th in the table.
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They could’ve qualified for the Conference League if they beat Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final last month.
Elsewhere in the Champions League draw, Atletico Madrid play Borussia Dortmund.
The winner will then meet PSG or Barcelona in the last four.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
