None of Arsenal, Barcelona, Inter or Paris Saint-Germain enter their final games as rank outsiders, and it seems eminently plausible that most if not all of them could end May as champions of Europe.

The fight for fourth place has been transformed in Serie A, but it could’ve all been very different, as Juventus go into fourth, Roma catch Lazio in sixth and there are five teams in a three-point

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is urging his players to believe they can win the Champions League for the first time because they have already beaten “the best opposition you can face in the competition.