The five English clubs who created history by qualifying for the Champions League knockout stages have learned their last-16 opponents following this morning's draw.

Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Tottenham and Chelsea all qualified from their respective groups, making England the first country to have five teams in the competition's last-16.

Antonio Conte's side have been handed a nightmare clash against Barcelona, while Spurs must face Italian champions Juventus.

Manchester City have an easier-looking tie against FC Basel, while Liverpool were drawn against Porto and Manchester United will face Sevilla.

The tie of the round looks like being Real Madrid vs Paris Saint-Germain.

Juventus vs Spurs

FC Basel vs Manchester City

FC Porto vs Liverpool

Sevilla vs Manchester United

Real Madrid vs PSG

Shakhtar vs Roma

Chelsea vs Barcelona

Bayern Munich vs Besiktas

You can follow all the reaction right here...

5 things we can't wait to discover

Europe’s elite have learned their Champions League last-16 fate as a number of very tasty ties were announced in this morning’s draw.

Favourites Paris Saint-Germain were drawn against last season’s competition winners Real Madrid - the tie of the round.

While Chelsea were drawn against their age-old nemesis Barcelona. Elsewhere Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool were given favourable ties against Sevilla, Basel and Porto respectively.

From Neymar and Ronaldo’s battle to another Barcelona vs Chelsea heavyweight clash, Jake Polden has five things he can’t wait to discover here.

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Conte reflects on Barca draw

Anotnio Conte has been undertaking his pre-Huddersfield press conference and was asked about the Champions League draw with Barcelona.

“It’s a draw and our reaction must be positive,” said the Italian. “As I know very well you must be ready to face everything and in this case you must ready. The past is the past. Now is the present and it is another story.”

He was also asked if was important to play the first leg at home: “I think that we must be ready to play at home and away. It is impossible to see an advantage. Home and away if you want to hope to go to the next round.”

Finally, what about the battle between Lionel Messi and Eden Hazard?

“This type of game is a good chance for every player to show the right value, not only for Hazard but for every player in the right way.”

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The dates have been revealed

We now have confirmation of our match day dates and times from UEFA now, so get booking those flights...

Chelsea face nightmare schedule

Chelsea face three weeks from hell in the New Year after being handed a Champions League last-16 tie against Barcelona in Monday’s draw.

Antonio Conte’s side will face the Catalan giants over two legs in between some decidedly tough Premier League fixtures against the top two, Manchester City and Manchester United.

The Blues were the only one of the five English sides in Monday’s draw for the last-16 who finished second in their group, with their ‘punishment’ for that being a tie against the five-time Champions League winners.

Mark Jones has more here.

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An omen for Chelsea?

The good people at Opta are firing out some superb stats this morning - including this ditty on Lionel Messi, who has not had it his way against the side from west London.

That said, Barca will go off as favourites when the pair meet.

By the way, if you’re wondering how the Europa League draw will be going down, then hope over and join me on the blog for that one here.

Updated odds - Man City now favourites

We have some updated odds following the draw.

And that PSG vs Real Madrid tie has changed the market significantly, with Manchester City now the favourites..

Man City 16/5

Bayern Munich 4/1

PSG 5/1

Barcelona 15/2

Real Madrid 15/2

Man Utd 14/1

Liverpool 14/1

Juventus 18/1

Tottenham 25/1

Chelsea 25/1

Roma 33/1

Sevilla 100/1

Besiktas 100/1

Porto 125/1

Shakhtar Donetsk 175/1

Basel 250/1

Odds courtesy of Betfair

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Chelsea vs Barca has history

Chelsea vs Barcelona should be a cracker.

The pair will meet for the sixth time in the Champions League knockout stages, with only Bayern Munich and Real Madrid have played each other more.

Who remembers those classic Ronaldinho-era classics from the last decade?

Or Chelsea’s win in the 2011/12 semi-final?

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Real Madrid vs PSG the highlight?

The most audible gasps both within our office and the meeting room in Nyon came after Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain were paired together.

There are subplots galore in that one, which should be a cracking.

I’d then put Chelsea vs Barca and Spurs vs Juve after that, if we’re ranking them.

Here’s a reason for Spurs to be optimistic...

Mostly good for the English sides

So what do we think about that then?

I’d say three of the five Premier League sides will be happy with that draw.

Basel won’t scare Manchester City too much, while Liverpool and Manchester United could have done much worse that Port and Sevilla respectively.

Tottenham face a tough tie against Juventus though, and Chelsea’s worst fears were confirmed when they were paired up against Barcelona.

The draw in full

Here’s the draw in full...

Juventus vs Spurs

FC Basel vs Manchester City

FC Porto vs Liverpool

Sevilla vs Manchester United

Real Madrid vs PSG

Shakhtar vs Roma

Chelsea vs Barca

Bayern Munich vs Besiktas

Bayern vs Besiktas

And finally...

Bayern Munich vs Besiktas.

Plenty to chew on there - stay tuned for all the reaction...

Chelsea vs Barca

The Premier League champions are next out.

Chelsea vs Barcelona.

Ouch.

Shakhtar vs Roma

One we go.

Shakhtar vs is Roma next.

Real Madrid vs PSG

The defending champions are next out...

Real Madrid vs Paris Saint-Germain.

Woof!

Sevilla vs Manchester United

Next out is...

Sevilla vs Manchester United.

A few big names dodged by Mourinho there.

FC Porto vs Liverpool

The third tie out of the hat is...

FC Porto vs Liverpool.

Klopp will take that, I’m sure.

FC Basel vs Manchester City

Next out is:

FC Basel vs Manchester City.

A nice tie for Guardiola and company.

Juventus vs Spurs

The first tie out is:

Juventus vs Spurs

Not the nest draw for Tottenham.

Off we go...

‘Nearly ready’, we’re told. Again.

This is dry, not a classic of the draw genre.

But here we go, we’re off...

Still waiting...

‘Nearly ready’, we’re told.

Another UEFA suit walks onto the stage to explain more about how this works. Deja vu all over again.

Another montage

We have another UEFA suit up on stage now explaining how everything will work and talking about dreams and all that jazz.

Just when you thought we were going to get going, there’s another montage.

This one is to introduce the aforementioned Xabi Alonso, who is talking about Istanbul within seconds of reaching the stage.

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Time for the draw...

We’re about to kick off.

What’s that sound? Why it’s that of the Chelsea social media team crossing their fingers...

We're live from Nyon

Things are getting underway in the UEFA HQ in their hollowed out volcano in the fictitious town of Nyon.

Pedro Pinto is on stage in front of a lot of besuited gentlemen in a very sober-looking room.

And we kick-off with a montage, which is running through all 16 teams who will make up this morning’s draw.

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Some plumb ties ahead?

With five of the eight last-16 ties involving Premier League sides, we could well be in for some tasty looking matches.

Bayern Munich, Juventus and Real Madrid as unseeded teams will make this a very interesting draw.J

For the record, there are three Spanish teams, two Italian sides and one from Germany, France, Switzerland, Ukraine, Portugal and Turkey.

Which is all good news for the English coefficient, I’d dare wager.

Buckle up, chaps and chapesses, we’re due to start any moment now...

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Almost time...

The draw is scheduled to kick off at 11am, but this being UEFA, there will no doubt be a phalanx of montages, back slapping and admin matters before we get under way.

Xabi Alonso, looking as cool as ever, has just been interviewed on the box and he sounds excited by the prospect of his former side Liverpool being pitted against another of his old clubs in Real Madrid or Bayern Munich.

Whack the kettle on and then we should be ready to get this show on the road...

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The non-seeded sides profiled

And here’s the lowdown on the remaining non-Premier League non-seeded sides..

BASEL
Coach: Raphael Wicky
Star man: Dmitri Oberlin
Champions League/European Cup best: Quarter-finals 1974
Basel impressed as they finished runners-up to Manchester United in Group A, beating Jose Mourinho’s side at home and putting five past Benfica. In Oberlin, the 20-year-old striker on loan from Red Bull Salzburg, they have one of the hottest young properties in European football.
BAYERN MUNICH
Coach:
Jupp Heynckes
Star man: Robert Lewandowski
Champions League/European Cup best: Winners 1974, 1975, 1976, 2001, 2013
After a slow start to the season Bayern are humming once more under Heynckes, the man who masterminded their last Champions League triumph in 2013. They could only finish runners-up in Group B behind Paris St Germain, but won five of their six group stage matches.
JUVENTUS
Coach:
Massimiliano Allegri
Star man: Gianluigi Buffon
Champions League/European Cup best: Winners 1985, 1996
With Gianluigi Buffon seeking a fairytale ending to his career after three times suffering defeat in the Champions League final, Juve are once again leaning heavily on their defence. They kept clean sheets in three of their six group stage matches, including a goalless draw with group winners Barcelona.
PORTO
Coach:
Sergio Conceicao
Star man: Vincent Aboubakar
Champions League/European Cup best: Winners 1987, 2004
Porto might be the kindest draw any of the group winners could hope for in the last 16. Runners-up in a weak Group G, they conceded almost two goals a game, and though striker Aboubakar has been in good form, they do not appear to have the weapons to go much further.
REAL MADRID
Coach:
Zinedine Zidane
Star man: Cristiano Ronaldo
Champions League/European Cup best: Winners 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017
The back-to-back winners made a slow start to the season - made clear by the fact they remain fourth in LaLiga - but found their mojo in the Champions League, even if they had to settle for runners-up spot behind Tottenham in Group H. Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo scored nine goals in the six group matches and they remain as dangerous as they come.
SEVILLA
Coach
: Eduardo Berizzo
Star man: Wissam Ben Yedder
Champions League/European Cup best: Quarter-finals 1958
Sevilla won only two of their Group E fixtures but got through on the back of being hard to beat - all except for the complete aberration which was their 5-1 loss to Spartak Moscow in October. That exposed their key weakness - although they can score plenty, they struggle to keep the back door closed, and kept just one clean sheet against lowly Maribor.
SHAKHTAR DONETSK
Coach: Paulo Fonseca
Star man: Bernard
Champions League/European Cup best: Quarter-finals 2011
Manchester City were always favourites in Group F but Napoli were supposed to follow them through. Shakhtar had other ideas and immediately tore up the script by beating the Italians in their opening match. By the time they wrapped up the group by beating a much-changed City side, Fonseca had to fulfil a promise to turn up to his press conference dressed as Zorro.

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Remaining group winners profiled

We know plenty about the Premier League teams who topped their groups, but here’s the skinny on the other top-seeded clubs...

BARCELONA
Coach: Ernesto Valverde
Star man: Lionel Messi
Champions League/European Cup best: Winners 1992, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015
The LaLiga leaders have shrugged off the loss of Neymar this season and came through Group D unbeaten to top the group above Juventus. They will be top of the list of teams to avoid in the last 16.

BESIKTAS
Coach: Senol Gunes
Star man: Cenk Tosun
Champions League/European Cup best: Quarter-finals 1987
Although they topped a relatively weak Group G ahead of Porto, the reigning Turkish champions have suffered indifferent form this season and sit fifth in the Super Lig table. Few clubs ever fancy an away trip to Istanbul, but there are far tougher teams you could pull out of the hat.

PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN
Coach: Unai Emery
Star man: Neymar
Champions League/European Cup best: Semi-finals 1995
Paris St Germain have made little secret of the fact the Champions League is their number one priority, and with Ligue 1 appearing to take care of itself - they top the table by nine points - they will go all in. World-record signing Neymar has elevated their game considerably, but Edinson Cavani is keeping up in the scoring rates and they look extremely dangerous.
ROMA
Coach: Eusebio Di Francesco
Star man: Edin Dzeko
Champions League/European Cup best: Runners-up 1984
With Edin Dzeko in the form of his life - the 31-year-old earned a Ballon d’Or nomination this year - Roma managed to edge out Chelsea to top Group C. They are far from the full package, but as Chelsea will attest from their 3-0 hiding in the Italian capital, they should not be underestimated.

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The rules

A quick missive from Admin Corner now, as we run over how the draw will work.

The eight group stage winners are all seeded, whereas the runners-up are not injured.

The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded ones, with the seeded sides playing at home in the second leg.

But there are a couple of caveats - teams who played in the same group earlier in the competition cannot be drawn together and neither can teams from the same country. We’ll have to wait until the quarter-finals for a potential battle of Britain, that means.

The first legs will take place on February 13, 14, 20 and 21, with the deciders on March 6, 7, 13 and 14.

Any questions? No? Excellent, let’s crack on as there’s not too long to wait now...

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Betting odds

Ahead of the draw we have some betting odds.

These will no doubt change once the draw has been made...

PSG 7/2

Man City 9/2

Real Madrid 6/1

Bayern Munich 13/2

Barcelona 13/2

Man Utd 16/1

Tottenham 16/1

Juventus 18/1

Chelsea 20/1

Liverpool 16/1

Shakhtar Donetsk 175/1

Odds courtesy of Betfair

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Only three potential opponents for Chelsea

Antonio Conte’s Premier League champions can only face three potential opponents - and two of them happen to be Barca and PSG. Crumbs.

Can play: Paris, Barcelona, Besiktas

Group stage: W3 D2 L1 F16 A8

Top scorer: Eden Hazard (3)

Last season: Did not play in Europe

Previous European Cup best: Winners x 1 (2012)

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