• Bayern and Arsenal meet again in last 16 • City faces Barcelona LONDON — Arsenal and Manchester City paid a heavy price for finishing second in their Champions League groups when they drew Bayern Munich and Barcelona, respectively, in the last 16 of the competition Monday. City's fear of drawing one of Europe's big guns in the tournament was realized when it was handed the daunting tie with the four-time winner. Holder Bayern Munich will play Arsenal at the same stage for the second successive season, while Chelsea hero Didier Drogba will make an emotional return to west London with current side Galatasaray following the draw. Nine-time winner Real Madrid takes on Schalke 04 and last season's runner-up Borussia Dortmund will play Zenit St Petersburg, which scraped through with six points after winning only one of its six group games. French champion Paris St Germain will play Bayer Leverkusen and Atletico Madrid was paired with AC Milan. “Very tough, we are happy because we are here and we will fight for the trophy, but it's true that it could be maybe better,” City director of football Txiki Begiristain, who held the same position at Barcelona and spent seven years as a player at the Spanish club, told Sky Sports. Despite the tough draw, City will take confidence from its strong home form which has seen it score a remarkable 35 goals in eight home league matches this season, and its win over Bayern earlier this month, although it was not enough to finish top of their group. City striker Sergio Aguero, however, was ruled out for a month with a calf injury sustained in Saturday's 6-3 win over Arsenal, manager Manuel Pellegrini said Monday. Aguero has scored 48 league goals in 79 matches since joining City in 2011, and is second highest scorer behind Liverpool's Luis Suarez this season. Barcelona shares top spot in La Liga with Atletico Madrid, and will hope to have striker Lionel Messi back from a thigh strain in time for the first leg in February. Bayern defeated Arsenal on away goals in last season's round of 16 on its way to its fifth title. The German champion won the first game at the Emirates Stadium 3-1 but lost 2-0 at home, and its Chief Executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge was not looking forward to a rematch with the Premier League leader. “They are the leaders in the Premier League and so we have been warned,” he said. “A few months ago we lost to them in Munich. They are a very tough team.” Chelsea has an intriguing tie against Galatasaray and former Stamford Bridge favorite Drogba. The Ivorian ended his Chelsea career on a high after scoring the deciding penalty in the shootout success over Bayern in the 2012 final, and the London side's manager Jose Mourinho spoke recently of his hope that the two teams would meet. Three-time winner Manchester United will play Greek champion Olympiakos Piraeus, while Atletico will fancy its chances against struggling AC Milan, which currently sits 12th in Serie A, 25 points behind leader Juventus and 17 points off the last Champions League qualification spot. The final is at Lisbon's Stadium of Light on May 24. Tottenham vs. Dnipro in Europa Tottenham will face Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the last 32 of the Europa League without the coach who led the team to an unbeaten record in the group stage. Tottenham was drawn against the Ukrainian side Monday, an hour after Andre Villas-Boas was fired as manager following a 5-0 loss to Liverpool in the Premier League. Juventus will again face Turkish opposition, playing at home in the first leg against Trabzonspor. Juve dropped down to the Europa League after losing to Galatasaray last week and finishing third in its Champions League group. Napoli, which also dropped out of the Champions League, is away first against Swansea. Viktoria Plzen plays Shakhtar Donetsk in a pairing of former Champions League teams. Porto, which won the 2011 Europa League with Villas-Boas as coach, will play Eintracht Frankfurt. Dynamo Kiev hosts Valencia, the 2004 winner. Sevilla, which won in 2006 and ‘07, is away to Maribor. First-leg matches are played Feb. 20, with return legs on Feb. 27. — Agencies
