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Live Coverage: Champions League last-16 draw - as it happened

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Relive Sports Mole's coverage of this morning's draw for the last 16 of the Champions League.

Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United all learned who they would face in the last 16 of the Champions League on Monday as they draw was made in Nyon, Switzerland.

Arsenal were pitted against reigning champions Bayern Munich, while Chelsea came out of the hat with Galatasaray.

Manchester City will meet Spanish giants Barcelona for a place in the quarter-finals, and Manchester United take on Olympiakos.

Read Sports Mole minute-by-minute live text below to find out how the draw took place.

Hello there and welcome to Sports Mole's live text coverage of this morning's draw for the last 16 of the Champions League.
Delegates from the remaining 16 teams in the competition are gathered in Nyon, Switzerland, as the tournament enters the knockout stages. Let's have a look who is left in...
Group winners: Manchester United, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona

Runners-up: Bayer Leverkusen, Galatasaray, Olympiakos, Manchester City, Schalke, Arsenal, Zenit St Petersburg, AC Milan

Needless to say, there are some truly excellent teams in the hat for the draw. It's relatively good news from an English perspective too, as Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester all successfully negotiated their respective groups to get this far.
However, only Manchester United and Chelsea finished top of their groups. That means Arsenal and Manchester City, as runners-up, will be handed tougher draws this morning. Let's see who each English team could face in the next round...
Arsenal: The Gunners will face either Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, reigning champions Bayern Munich, Paris St-Germain or Real Madrid.
Chelsea: Jose Mourinho's side will meet one of AC Milan, Bayer Leverkusen, Galatasaray, Olympiakos or Zenit St Petersburg.
Manchester City: The Blues, who are in the hat for the last 16 for the first time in their history, can face either Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, Paris St-Germain or Real Madrid.
Manchester United: Finally, the Red Devils will be drawn against AC Milan, Schalke 04, Galatasaray, Olympiakos or Zenit St Petersburg.
BREAKING NEWS: Big news coming out of Tottenham Hotspur as they confirm that manager Andre Villas-Boas has left the club. Spurs were thrashed 5-0 at home to Liverpool in the Premier League yesterday, and chairman Daniel Levy looks to have acted swiftly on that disappointing result. You can read more about that here, as long as you promise to come back.
Anyway, back to business. The balls are in their respective pots so here we go!
MANCHESTER CITY VS. BARCELONA
OLYMPIAKOS VS. MANCHESTER UNITED
AC MILAN VS. ATLETICO MADRID
BAYER LEVERKUSEN VS. PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN
GALATASARAY VS. CHELSEA
SCHALKE 04 VS. REAL MADRID
ZENIT ST PETERSBURG VS. BORUSSIA DORTMUND
ARSENAL VS. BAYERN MUNICH
Well, what a draw that is! Some incredible matches there as the draw is completed for the last 16 of the Champions League.
It's mixed fortunes for the English teams as Manchester United face Olympiakos, while Chelsea meet Galatasaray (complete with former Blues striker Didier Drogba). However, Manchester City take on the might of Barcelona, and Arsenal come up against defending champions Bayern Munich. Woof!
The first legs for those last-16 encounters will be played on 18/19 or 25/26 February, while the second legs take place on 11/12 or 18/19 March. Put those dates in you calendar.
Here's that draw for you in full one last time...


Anyway, that's all from me for now but stay tuned to Sports Mole for our live news coverage of this afternoon's draw for the last 32 of the Europa League. We should be going live in about 20 minutes.
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