CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST-16 DRAW

The Premier League sides, Chelsea and Arsenal, will now face the Italian test in the first knock-out stage of Uefa Champions League,  result of the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST-16 DRAW showed. The draw selected winners of the groups against the runner-ups of the groups.

      Marseille  v  Inter.

                Zenit  v  Benfica.

      CSKA Moscow  v  Real Madrid.

Bayer Leverkusen  v  Barcelona.

                           Basel  v  Bayern Munich.

                Milan  v  Arsenal!

               Napoli  v  Chelsea.

                            Lyon  v  Apoel Nicosia.

Cheslsea and Arsenal need to overcome Napoli and Milan respectively in the last 16 of the Champions League to retain the English sides in the competetion after Manchester United and Manchester City were eliminated in the group phase.

Arsenal's secretary, David Miles, was in good mood. "There are other teams we would have preferred but we played Milan in 2007-08 and we went through. We even won in the San Siro," he said.

Chelsea and Napoli are both in the form and can both knock a few goals. The Chelsea secretary, David Barnard, admitted the toughness of he match .

"It will be difficult having seen Napoli when they were in the same group as Man City," he said. "Unfortunately City are no longer with us which reflects the quality of Napoli."

The first legs will be played on 14-15 and 21-22 February and the second legs will be on 6-7 and 13-14 March.