CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW: MEMPHIS DEPAY WILL RETURN TO PLAY AGAINST HIS FORMER CLUB (FULL DRAW)

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW: MEMPHIS DEPAY WILL RETURN TO PLAY AGAINST HIS FORMER CLUB (FULL DRAW)

Arsenal may consider themselves to be the biggest losers following the Uefa Champions League group stage draw after landing Bayern Munich.

Manchester City also face a tough task to qualify but Manchester United and Chelsea will be delighted with how the balls were pulled out.

Overall, it must be said that all the English clubs will expect to qualify for the next round.

The Gunners were handed a tricky draw in group F against European giants Bayern Munich as well as Greece’s Olympiacos and Dinamo Zagreb.

Man United drew arguably the best top seed in PSV Eindhoven in a fixture that will see Memphis Depay return against his former club in group B.

They also face an awkward trip to Russia to face CSKA Moscow and a trick tie against Wolfsburg.

Memphis Depay will return to play against his former club PSV

Chelsea will be satisfied with their opponents in group G as they landed Porto, Dynamo Kyiv and Maccabi Tel-aviv.

City will face last season’s finalists Juventus in group D along with Europa League winners Sevilla

The new draw system saw the champions of each major European league entering the draw as the top seeds.

That meant that Chelsea were seeded in pot one after winning the Premier League last season while United, City and Arsenal were in pot two.

This season’s competition will also see a record number of teams representing a single country as Spain saw five teams qualify.

Here’s the full draw:

Group A

Paris St Germain

Real Madrid

Shakhtar Donetsk

Malmo

Group B

PSV Eindhoven

Manchester United

CSKA Moscow,

Wolfsburg

Group C

Benfica

Atletico Madrid

Galatasaray

Astana

Group D

Juventus

Manchester City

Sevilla

Borussia Monchengladbach

Group E

Barcelona

Bayer Leverkusen

Roma

BATE Borisov

Group F

Bayern Munich

Arsenal

Olympiacos

Dinamo Zagreb

Group D

Chelsea

Porto

Dynamo Kyiv

Maccabi Tel-Aviv

Group H

Zenit St Petersburg

Valencia

Lyon

KAA Gent