MANCHESTER CITY TO FACE COPENHAGEN WHILE ARSENAL FACE PORTO – Champions League knockout stage fixtures announced
Holders Manchester City will take on FC Copenhagen in the last 16 of the Champions League while Spanish heavyweights Barcelona will face Napoli in the knockout stages of the Champions League.
Copenhagen, who twice met City’s rivals Manchester United in the group stage of the competition, will travel to Manchester again to face Pep Guardiola’s side. The Danish team will have their work cut out against the champions, who won all six of their group-stage matches and are on an unbeaten run of 20 games in European football.
One of either the Serie A or La Liga champions Napoli and Barcelona will not proceed after being pitted against each other. The two teams last faced each other in the Europa League knockout stage in 2022, with Barcelona winning 5-3 on aggregate.
Another clash between Italian and Spanish sides will see last year’s finalists Inter Milan take on three-time runners-up Atletico Madrid. Record 14-times winners Real Madrid will take on German side RB Leipzig, while English Premier League leaders Arsenal have a tricky assignment against Porto.
Arsenal have won all three of their previous Champions League home matches against Porto by an aggregate score of 11-0, but have not beaten the two-times champions away.
