Arsenal’s prize for completing the great escape is a daunting Champions League last-16 clash against Barcelona, the first time the sides have met since 2011. The Gunners won their final two group games with Dinamo Zagreb and Olympiacos to squeeze out of Group F but now play Luis Enrique’s Barca on week commencing February 14 for the first leg. The second leg will be played three weeks later.
Jose Mourinho could not have wished for a worse possible draw after Chelsea were again paired with Paris Saint-Germain. PSG knocked the Premier League champions out of the competition at this stage last season and were the stiffest possible competition Chelsea could have met.
Manchester City topped their group for the first time ever thanks to a sensational comeback against Borussia Monchengladbach and were paired with Dynamo Kiev during Friday’s draw in Nyon.
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