{"id":448739,"date":"2026-02-27T16:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T16:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/448739\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T16:06:08","slug":"champions-league-last-16-draw-manchester-city-face-real-madrid-chelsea-get-psg-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/448739\/","title":{"rendered":"Champions League last-16 draw: Manchester City face Real Madrid, Chelsea get PSG | Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The draw for the last 16 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/championsleague\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Champions League<\/a> has thrown up some intriguing heavyweight clashes. If Manchester City\u2019s meeting with Real Madrid is arguably foremost among them, Chelsea\u2019s meeting with the holders, Paris Saint-Germain, and Newcastle\u2019s duel with Barcelona are certainly not lacking in glamour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Liverpool will return to Istanbul as part of a tricky engagement with Galatasaray \u2013 Arne Slot\u2019s side <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2025\/sep\/30\/galatasaray-liverpool-champions-league-match-report\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lost 1-0 in Turkey<\/a> during a league-phase meeting in September. Meanwhile, a Tottenham side likely to be prioritising Premier League survival will meet Atl\u00e9tico Madrid. Arsenal face an ostensibly favourable tie against Bayer Leverkusen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The winner of City\u2019s tie with Madrid will face either Atalanta or Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals, while Chelsea could meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/liverpool\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a> should they emerge from their respective encounters. Newcastle could face Spurs should they beat their respective Spanish opposition. Should Arsenal overcome Bayer Leverkusen, they will meet the winner of Bod\u00f8\/Glimt\u2019s versus Sporting Lisbon in the last eight. The paths to the semi-finals were also mapped out in Friday\u2019s draw and there is the distinct possibility of all-English last-four ties.<\/p>\n<p><a data-name=\"placeholder\" href=\"https:\/\/interactive.guim.co.uk\/uploader\/embed\/2026\/02\/cl-drawupdate\/giv-32554yJt9vFsVX0ud\/\" class=\"dcr-1eupayo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">How the Champions League shapes up from the last 16 all the way to the final on 30 May. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Chelsea\u2019s meeting with PSG is a repeat of last summer\u2019s Club World Cup final, which the London side, then managed by Enzo Maresca, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2025\/jul\/13\/chelsea-stun-psg-to-win-club-world-cup-after-cole-palmers-cool-double#:~:text=Chelsea%20stun%20PSG%20to%20win,World%20Cup%202025%20%7C%20The%20Guardian\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">won 3-0<\/a>. Newcastle\u2019s meeting with Barcelona, meanwhile, will reprise evocative memories of Sir Bobby Robson, who managed both clubs, not to mention Faustino Asprilla\u2019s treble during a 3-2 Champions League home win against Bar\u00e7a in 1997. The two sides also met at St James\u2019 Park in September, with Hansi Flick\u2019s side winning the league-phase encounter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2025\/sep\/18\/newcastle-barcelona-chmapions-league-match-report\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2-1 thanks to two goals from Marcus Rashford<\/a>. City and Madrid will meet in a two-legged Champions League encounter for an eight time in 13 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The last-16 ties will be played on 10-11 and 17-18 March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The draw for the last 16 of the Champions League has thrown up some intriguing heavyweight clashes. 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