Arsenal edged past Sporting to reach the Champions League semi-finals for the second successive season with a 0-0 home draw earning them a 1-0 aggregate victory on Wednesday.
The well-organised visitors posed a threat at times, especially in the first half, and almost went ahead on the night just before halftime when Geny Catamo's volley clipped the post.
Arsenal substitute Leandro Trossard also struck the woodwork in the tense latter stages of a dour game in which Sporting ran out of ideas and could not prevent the hosts keeping an eighth clean sheet in 12 Champions League games this season.
Arsenal captain Declan Rice said, 'We are delighted, it was a really tough test over two games. To get to back-to-back semi-finals is an amazing achievement and now we want to go one step further.'
The Gunners will have to improve against a dangerous Atletico side if they are to reach the final for only the second time, having lost to Barcelona in 2006.
