Premier League legend Gareth Barry has backed Arsenal to reach the Champions League final but believes they will miss out on the trophy.

The Gunners finished top of the Champions League group stage with a flawless record of eight successive wins.

Mikel Arteta’s side beat Bayer Leverkusen in the last round and meet Portuguese champions Sporting in the quarter-finals.

Arsenal travel to Lisbon on Tuesday night for the first leg, before the Emirates Stadium hosts the decisive return leg next Wednesday.

The Gunners are favourites to progress at the expense of Sporting despite suffering back-to-back defeats, losing to Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final and then crashing out of the FA Cup against Championship side Southampton.

If Arsenal to advance, they will face La Liga giants Barcelona or Atletico Madrid in the semi-finals, and ex-Premier League midfielder Barry expects them to reach the final.

The other side of the draw involves European powerhouses Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Liverpool and Champions League holders PSG.

Barry believes PSG will reach the final from that side of the draw and says he would fancy the French champions to ‘edge’ out Arsenal for the trophy.

‘In the last round, PSG did look...