Champions League draw: Barcelona gets Arsenal in last 16

Joe Wright

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Defending champion Barcelona will face Arsenal in the last 16 of the Champions League after Monday's draw in Nyon.

Arsene Wenger's side sealed its place in the first knockout round with a 3-0 win over Olympiacos in the final group game but has been handed the daunting task of taking on Luis Enrique's side.

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Chelsea will face a repeat of last season's tie with French champion Paris Saint-Germain, which knocked out Jose Mourinho's side on away goals in 2014-15.

Real Madrid will face Roma, which scraped into the last 16 behind Barcelona by virtue of its superior head-to-head record against Bayer Leverkusen.

Serie A champion Juventus, defeated by Barcelona in last year's final, will meet Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich, while Manchester City faces Dynamo Kiev.

Wolfsburg, which beat Manchester United last week to top its group, has been drawn against Belgian champion Gent, while Benfica will face Russian champion Zenit and 2014 finalist Atletico Madrid meetsPSV.

The group winners will be away in the round-of-16 first legs on February 16/17 and 23/24 and at home in the return matches on March 8/9 and 15/16.

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Joe is a Senior Editor at Sporting News. He was previously a sub editor and writer for Goal.com before spending six years as part of the Stats Perform editorial news service, covering major global sports including football, tennis, boxing, NBA, rugby union and athletics. Joe has reported live on some of the biggest games in football, including two UEFA Champions League finals, Euro 2016, the Confederations Cup 2017 and the 2018 World Cup final at the end of a month in Russia.