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Champions League Round of 16 draw LIVE: Premier League giants Man City and Arsenal await their fate in Nyon

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By Ben Willcocks For Mailonline

Published: 10:00 GMT, 18 December 2023 | Updated: 10:45 GMT, 18 December 2023

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Follow Mail Sport's live blog for all the latest news, updates and results from the Champions League last-16 draw as Man City and Arsenal await their fate.

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Manchester City boast a danger rating of 5/5, while Copenhagen have hardly been given a hope at all!

When is the Round of 16?

There's plenty of time for managers to prepare their tactics and squads after the draw, with the first leg set to take place in mid-Feburary.

It'll take four weeks to complete the full Round of 16 fixtures, with the final second legs taking place midway through March.

First legs: February 13, 14 and 20, 21

Second legs: March 5, 6 and 12, 13

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How does the draw work?

Group winners head into the draw as a seeded team, while runners-up are marked as unseeded. Seeded teams are drawn against unseeded teams.

Arsenal and Man City cannot face off yet in the competition as no team from the same national association are eligible to play against each other.

Meanwhile, clubs cannot be drawn against a team they previously faced during the group stage.

Who's in the draw?

So Manchester City and Arsenal are through, but who could they face in the next round?

Spain have four teams through to the knockout stages, with Barcelona and Real Madrid joined by Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad.

Meanwhile, both Germany and Italy have three teams each, with all of Serie A's sides making it through as runners-up.

Here is the full list of teams in the hat ahead of today's draw.

Group winners: Arsenal (ENG), Atlético de Madrid (ESP), Barcelona (ESP), Bayern (GER), Dortmund (GER), Manchester City (ENG), Real Madrid (ESP), Real Sociedad (ESP)

Group runners-up: Copenhagen (DEN), Inter (ITA), Lazio (ITA), Leipzig (GER), Napoli (ITA), Paris (FRA), Porto (POR), PSV Eindhoven (NED)

(FILES) Manchester City's German midfielder #8 Ilkay Gundogan (C) lifts the European Cup trophy as they celebrate on the podium after winning the UEFA Champions League final football match between Inter Milan and Manchester City at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, on June 10, 2023. Manchester City wins its first European Cup trophy, in Istanbul, on 10 June 2023, joining the big leagues of Europe. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP) (Photo by FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images)

Good morning!

Hello and welcome to Mail Sport's live blog covering the Champions League draw.

Fans now know which 16 teams will be fighting for the European crown next year, with Manchester City and Arsenal the only two English sides left in the competition following bitter group stage exits for Manchester United and Newcastle.

We'll be hear throughout the morning to bring you all the latest from Nyon. Stay tuned!

 Photo by Shutterstock (14254874w) Illustration shows the logo of Champions league at a press conference of Spanish club FC Barcelona, on Tuesday 12 December 2023 in Antwerp. The team is preparing for tomorrow's game against Belgian soccer team Royal Antwerp FC, on day six of the Champions League group stage, in group H. Soccer Cl Group Day6 Barcelona Preparations, Antwerp, Belgium - 12 Dec 2023

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