Europa League draw live: Arsenal and Manchester United await quarter-final and semi-final ties

The draw for both the quarter-finals and the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League will be conducted at 12pm on Friday lunchtime, with both Arsenal and Manchester United in the hat

After battling their way through their respective Round-of-32 clashes, Arsenal and Manchester United have successfully come through their second knockout stage matches of the competition.

Arsenal got the better of Greek giants Olympiacos, winning 3-2 on aggregate over the course of the two legs, winning 3-1 in Athens in the first-leg last week before being beaten 1-0 at the Emirates Stadium last night.

United, meanwhile, got the better of Italian outfit AC Milan, winning the tie 2-1 on aggregate. After the first-leg ended 1-1 at Old Trafford last week, the Red Devils got the job done at the San Siro on Thursday evening, winning 1-0 thanks to a second half goal from Paul Pogba.

Tottenham Hotspur, however, were not so fortunate, crashing out of the competition in remarkable circumstances. After beating Dinamo Zagreb 2-0 in the first-leg at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium last week, Jose Mourinho’s men collapsed last night, losing 3-0 to bow out of the competition 3-2 on aggregate.

Arsenal and United will be joined in the draw by six other big-name clubs, including Ajax and Roma.

Just like the draw for the last-16, the quarter-finals can see anyone pitted up against anyone, meaning Arsenal could face Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s United. As well as the draw for the quarter-finals taking place, the semi-final draw will be conducted afterwards.

The four quarter-final ties will be assigned a number from one to four and then those ties will be drawn to determine the two semi-finals.

The draw is set to get underway at 12pm UK time and you can follow it all as it happens on our live blog below.