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25th Aug 2016

Champions League draw: Pep Guardiola faces a Barcelona return with Manchester City

The draw has been completed in Monaco

Simon Lloyd

All five British teams that have reached this season’s Champions League have learned who they will face in the group stages of this season’s competition.

Arguably the biggest story of the draw is Pep Guardiola’s return to Barcelona. His Manchester City side will face Barcelona in Group C, a group that also contains Brendan Rodgers’ Celtic and Germany’s Borussia Monchengladbach.

FC Barcelona v RCD Espanyol - Liga BBVA

Leicester City are in the competition for the first time in their history after their remarkable Premier League success last season. They will be in Group G where they will face 2004 winners, FC Porto, Belgium’s Club Brugge and Copehagen of Denmark in a relatively kind group draw with some appealing destinations for away trips.

Leicester City v Everton - Premier League

Arsene Wenger is yet to win the European Cup with Arsenal, despite reaching the final in 2006. If he is to win it this year, he must first negotiate his way through Group A, which contains French champions, Paris Saint-Germain, FC Basel of Switzerland and Bulgarian club, Ludogorets.

Arsenal v Aston Villa - Premier League

Tottenham return to the competition for the first time in five seasons, having pushed Leicester in last season’s title race. Their reward is a relatively straight-forward group featuring Russian side CSKA Moscow, German club Bayer Leverkusen and Monaco of France.

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Here is a full list of the Champions League group stage draw:

Group A

Paris Saint-Germain, Arsenal, FC Basel and Ludogorets

Group B

Benfica, Napoli, Dynamo Kiev and Besiktas.

Group C

Barcelona, Manchester City, Borussia Monchengladbach and Celtic

Group D

Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, PSV Eindhoven and Rostov

Group E

CSKA Moscow, Bayer Leverkusen, Tottenham Hotspur and AS Monaco

Group F

Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Sporting Lisbon and Legia Warsaw

Group G

Leicester City, FC Porto, Club Brugge and Copenhagen

Group H

Juventus, Sevilla, Lyon and Dinamo Zagreb

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