Barca test for City

Date published: 15 December 2014


MANCHESTER City have been handed a tough test in the first knock-out stage of this season’s UEFA Champions League.

Manuel Pellegrini’s side, who scraped through their group, face Spanish giants Barcelona in the last 16.

Chelsea face Paris St Germain, while Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger will lock horns with his former club Monaco.

THE draw for the UEFA Champions League round of 16 is —

PSG v Chelsea; Man City v Barcelona; Bayer Leverkusen v Atletico Madrid; Juventus v Borussia Dortmund; Schalke 04 v Real Madrid; Shakhtar Donetsk v Bayern Munich; Arsenal v Monaco; Basle v FC Porto.

First leg matches to be played on February 17/18 and 24/25, and the return matches on March 10/11 and 17/18.