Champions League Draw: Man City face Barcelona, Arsenal take on Monaco, while Chelsea draw PSG

The draws for the UEFA champions league round of 16 was held today in Nyon, Switzerland and Manchester City seems to have the toughest draw among the teams in the English Premier League that made it to the competitions’ round of 16.

 

Manchester City will meet Spanish giants, Barcelona, for the second successive year, while Arsenal boss, Arsene Wenger takes the Gunners up against his former club Monaco.

 

The Frenchman had been eager to take on his old club and he will now return to the Principality for the first time in Europe's Premier club competition since leaving the club 20 years ago.

Wenger spent seven years as Monaco manager between 1987-1994, winning both Ligue 1 (1987-88) and the Coupe de France (1990-91) during his time at the Stade Louis II.

Premier League leaders Chelsea will meet French champions Paris Saint-Germain in a repeat of last year's quarter-final.

 

Real Madrid, the current holders of the Champions league, along with Bayern Munich seem to have the easiest draws. 

 

 

Below is the full list of draws: 

 

Paris St-Germain v Chelsea 

 

Manchester City v Barcelona 

 

Bayer Leverkusen v Atletico Madrid 

 

Juventus v Borussia Dortmund 

 

Schalke v Real Madrid 

 

Shakhtar Donetsk v Bayern Munich 

 

Arsenal v Monaco 

 

Basel v FC Porto

Yabatech wins NIPOGA 2014

The Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, has emerged the overall winners of the 18th Nigeria Polytechnic Games (NIPOGA), tagged BIDA 2014, held at the Federal Polytechnic, Bida.

The college won 34 medals, made up of 17 gold, eight silver and nine bronze.

The second position went to The Polytechnic Ibadan, with 14 gold, five silver and 11 bronze.

Abia State Polytechnic Aba, took the 3rd position with 11 gold, four silver and seven bronze.

NAN, reports that out of the 42 polytechnics that took part, 29 got medals while 13 did not secure any medal.