It is on course to finish second for a third consecutive year, as Liverpool closes in on the title.

But, the Champions League offers Arteta the chance to deliver the major piece of silverware that his project is still missing.

"It's such a special night for this club, it's a historic night for this club," added Rice.

"We have an objective in this competition, we want to play the best teams, and we want to win it.

"There was a lot of talk coming here about them coming back, because they've done it so many times before. But, we had so much belief and confidence from that first leg that we could come here and win the game.

"We knew we were going to suffer, but we knew we were going to win."

One of Arteta's former clubs as a player, Paris Saint-Germain, now awaits in the last four of what is a wide-open competition.

AFP