VIDEO: 'Messi, Messi!' – Arsenal fans troll Real Madrid players as team bus arrives for crunch Champions League quarter-final tie

Arsenal fans have been heard chanting Barcelona icon Lionel Messi's name upon the arrival of the Real Madrid team bus at the Emirates.

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• Arsenal host Real Madrid in UCL
• Los Blancos bus arrives at Emirates
• Gunners fans chant "Messi"

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  Ahead of the first leg of Arsenal's Champions League quarter-final against the defending champions on Tuesday, Arsenal fans jeered the arriving Madrid bus and also chanted the name of Messi – who was Los Blancos' arch nemesis for many years.

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• THE BIGGER PICTURE

  Arsenal go into this tie as underdogs against the 15-time Champions League winners. If they want to progress to the next round, they will very likely have to take a first leg advantage to the Santiago Bernabeu next week. The Gunners have never won this competition and will need to be at their best to win this tie.

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  WHAT NEXT?

  After Mikel Arteta's Arsenal host Madrid on Tuesday night, they travel to Spain for the return fixture next Wednesday.