Arsenal have been warned they are coming up against a Sporting CP side capable of beating ‘anyone in Europe’ ahead of their Champions League quarter-final showdown.

After a 1-1 draw away to Bayer Leverkusen in the first leg of their Round of 16 clash, the Gunners took care of business back at the Emirates with a 2-0 win in the return fixture to book their place in the last eight of the competition.

Sporting looked to be staring down the barrel of an early exit after losing 3-0 away to Norwegian side Bodo/Glimt in their first leg. But the Portuguese giants staged a remarkable comeback, battling back to win 5-0 in Lisbon.

It marks the first occasion Sporting have reached the quarter-finals of the competition in its modern format, having reached the same stage of the old European Cup in 1982-83.

This season, Sporting have already beaten defending champions Paris Saint-Germain having memorably thrashed Manchester City in the same competition last season.

Arsenal are still undefeated in Europe this term and are still chasing the treble, having seen their hopes of an unprecedented quadruple go up in flames with defeat to Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final last...