Man City are favourites to retain the UCL trophy after finishing top of their group with a 100 per cent record
By Kehinde Okeowo
Current UEFA Champions League (UCL) holders, Man City and all the teams that have qualified for the knock out stage of the competition will today, Monday, December 18, discover their next opponents.
Guardiola’s men are favourites to retain the prestigious trophy after finishing top of their group with a 100 per cent record.
Fellow Premier League club, Arsenal also finished top of their group and are among the seeded teams for the draw.
However, the other two English clubs, Man United and Newcastle, who qualified for the group stages have been eliminated from the competition.
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The Citizens and the Gunners will fancy their chances of reaching the quarter finals, as they will avoid other big guns like Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Barcelona because they also topped their respective groups.
Man City can draw teams from PSV, Napoli, Inter Milan, Lazio, Paris Saint Germain and Porto.
But Arsenal will not face PSV in the Round of 16 because they were in the same group, but could get dangerous Bundesliga side, Leipzig who were in the same group as City.
The draw will take place at 12pm (WAT) and the first legs of the Round of 16 are scheduled for the midweeks of February 13-14 and 20-21 in 2024 while the return legs will be played March 5-6 and 12-13 of the same year.
