Yep this is a great result for us. We actually want them to progress, and they should, but they need to focus 100% on it.
The dream is for City to draw Arsenal in the semi-final if I'm honest.
100%
If Arsenal could have beaten Porto in the manner we usually do, a nice 4 or 5 nil, the second leg would be nothing to worry about.
It helps us now that they have a big game on Sat night against Newcastle (who they already have a contentious relationship with after the St James game earlier this season).
Then around the second leg which they need to win -
Sat 9th March 5:30 Arsenal v Brentford
Tues 12th March 8pm Arsenal v Porto
Sat 16th March 12:30 Arsenal v Chelsea
Two decent local sides with really shit kick-off times sandwiching a vital CL game is a bit of a nightmare for them. It's the sort of thing we have had to deal with for the last few years, but they haven't - so we will see what they're made of over that week, for sure.