City to meet Monaco in Champions League

MANCHESTER City were paired with Monaco in the first tie drawn out in the Champions League's first knock-out round.

Meanwhile, Leicester City were the last team drawn and will face Sevilla.

Arsenal will again face Bayern Munich following today's draw.

The Gunners were handed a repeat of their last-16 ties from both 2013 and 2014, both of which saw them eliminated. They also met in last season's group stage.

Manchester City's director of football Txiki Begiristain was happy with his side's draw but warned Monaco - who twice beat Tottenham en route to topping group 'E' - pose a tough test.

"We are happy to be here, and then we have avoided Real Madrid and Barcelona," he said.

"Monaco are playing probably the best football in France now. In a group with Tottenham and Bayer Leverkusen they were top and they have young players and a lot of talent.

"It's a new adventure for everybody here and it is a good draw. We want to be offensive and play attacking football and Monaco want this (as well).

The draw -

MANCHESTER City v Monaco; Real Madrid v Napoli; Benfica v Borussia Dortmund; Bayern Munich v ARSENAL; FC Porto v Juventus; Bayer Leverkusen v Atletico Madrid; Paris St Germain v Barcelona; Sevilla v LEICESTER CITY.

First leg ties to be played on February 14-15 and 21-22, 2017; second legs on March 7-8 and 14-15.