Arsenal get Porto and Man City land Copenhagen as favourable Champions League last-16 draw revealed
Arsenal will face Porto and Manchester City will play Copenhagen in the last-16 of the Champions League.
Both Premier League clubs progressed to the knockout stages as group winners, while Manchester United and Newcastle were dumped out of Europe entirely.
As a result, Arsenal and Man City were seeded in Monday's draw, automatically avoiding Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich, who are among the favourites to win the competition.
It also means the two English sides have the benefit of playing the first leg away from home.
The first legs will be played across February 13/14 and February 20/21 before the second legs on March 5/6 and March 12/13.
Arsenal and Porto were the first two teams drawn out of the hat, with the two clubs facing each other for the first time since the 2009/10 season.
Porto came out on top in the first leg as 2-1 winners, before the Gunners thumped their Portuguese opponents 5-0 at the Emirates to advance into the quarter-finals.
As for City, they have been paired up with Copenhagen, who beat Manchester United and drew away at Bayern in Group A.
The Citizens were paired with the Danish outfit in the group stage last campaign, where Pep Guardiola's men drew away before winning 5-0 at home.
In other standout ties, Napoli will take on Barcelona and Inter Milan pit their wits against Atletico Madrid.
Meanwhile Real Madrid take on RB Leipzig and Harry's Kane Bayern will play against Serie A outfit Lazio.
And Paris Saint-Germain avoided a mouthwatering match-up against one of the big boys, with the French giants to take on Real Sociedad.
Lastly PSV will battle Borussia Dortmund for a place in the quarter-finals.
More to follow.
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