Pep takes on former club in Champs League

26 August 2016 - 09:56 By Staff Reporter

Pep Guardiola will return to former club Barcelona with Manchester City in the Champions League after the two sides were drawn together in last night's group stage draw in Monaco. Guardiola, a European Cup winner with Barca as a player in 1992 before twice guiding the Catalan giants to the Champions League title in 2009 and 2011, will also come up against Borussia Moenchengladbach and Celtic in Group C.City lost to Barcelona in the last 16 of the competition in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015, while the Premier League side defeated Gladbach twice in last year's group stage.Defending champions Real Madrid, who won a record 11th European Cup last season, were paired with Borussia Dortmund in Group F alongside Portugal's Sporting and Legia Warsaw of Poland.Five-time winners Bayern Munich will play last year's beaten finalists Atletico Madrid in Group D, which also features PSV Eindhoven and Russian first timers Rostov.Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal are the two clear favourites to progress from Group A ahead of Basel and Bulgarian outfit Ludogorets, with Arsene Wenger's side preparing for a 19th successive appearance in the competition.Premier League champions Leicester City were handed a favourable draw in Group G which includes Porto, Club Brugge and FC Copenhagen. Juventus will take on three-time reigning Europa League champions Sevilla as well as Lyon and Dinamo Zagreb.Tottenham Hotspur, who return to Europe's elite for the first time since reaching the 2010-2011 quarter-finals, will come up against Russian champions CSKA Moscow, Bayern Leverkusen and Monaco.Twice former champions Benfica, Napoli, Dynamo Kiev and Besiktas are in Group B.The first matches will be played on September 13 and 14, while this season's final is to be held at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on June 3...

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