UEFA Champions League Draw: Manchester City Given Tough Group, Arsenal Face Marseille, Manchester United Welcome Benfica, Chelsea Clash With Valencia

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Find out which European giants will be visiting the Emirates, Old Trafford, Stamford Bridge and the Etihad Stadium.

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Manchester City avoided a group of death in their first Champions League draw but Roberto Mancini’s side still face a baptism of fire.

City will come up against three tough opponents in Group A in Bayern Munich, Villarreal and Napoli.

Manchester United were given an easy draw, in Group C alongside Benfica, Swiss champions Basle and unknowns Otelul Galati from Romania.

Arsenal have to overcome Marseille, Greek champions Olympiakos and a potentially tricky test against Borussia Dortmund – the club in pot four to avoid – in Group F.

Chelsea will face Valencia, the former club of new signing Juan Mata, plus Bayer Leverkusen – where Michael Ballack is now playing – and Genk from Belgium in Group E.

Group A:

Bayern Munich, Villarreal, Manchester City, Napoli.

Group B:

Inter Milan, CSKA Moscow, Lille, Trabzonspor.

Group C:

Manchester United, Benfica, Basle, Otelul Galati.

Group D:

Real Madrid, Lyon, Ajax, Dinamo Zagreb.

Group E:

Chelsea, Valencia, Bayer Leverkusen, Genk.

Group F:

Arsenal, Marseille, Olympiakos, Borussia Dortmund.

Group G:

FC Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk, Zenit St Petersburg, Apoel.

Group H:

Barcelona, AC Milan, Bate Borisov, Viktoria Plzen.

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