Arsenal handed Barcelona draw, Chelsea get PSG…again
In February we will have a few players back from injury and we will be ready to give everything.
First legs on Feb 18, return legs on Feb 25.
Barcelona has a history with Arsenal. Arsenal are a team who like to have the ball and we will enjoy that.
Some Twitter users picked up club secretary David Miles’ rather muted response to facing Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez.
Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher believes Arsenal and Chelsea have been handed nightmare draws in the last 16 of the Champions League.
Arsenal fans had an excuse to hide behind their sofa on Monday morning after they drew Barcelona in the Champions League last-16, having fallen to the Catalans twice in recent years.
The draw, carried out at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, also saw record 10-time winners Real Madrid matched up against Roma, while Manchester City will meet Ukrainians Dynamo Kyiv for a place in the quarter-finals.
Arsenal weren’t given a chance of making it through their Champions League group after their first two losses but the team did defeat Bayern at home. “I think if we contribute in the right way, we can beat anyone on our day, definitely”, said Walcott.
Also, Manchester United’s next match in Europe will be at Danish club Midtjylland, while two-time defending champion Sevilla hosts Molde. They did not start brightly in their league but they have recovered. There are more hard opponents, though, who luckily we won’t face [yet]. The new Champions League rules that mean only reigning champions are seeded have militated against Arsenal. PSG came out as the victors last time round and, with the current form of the Premier League champions, it seems a really hard fixture for them. “If we see ourselves as favourites, things won’t go well for us”, said Real director Emilio Butragueno.
“There is a great danger when you go to a draw – Dynamo Kyiv they have been in a very tough group phase with Porto and Chelsea“.
PSV Eindhoven are to take on Atletico Madrid and Benfica are to face Zenit St Petersburg.
Gent, in their first participation in the competition, will take on Wolfsburg.