Champions League knockout stage draw: live Neil Lennon: "Well in terms of glamour it's a beauty. Juventus are one of the great traditional European teams. They're current Italian champions and finished the group stage very strongly. So in terms of glamour it's great, in terms of qualification it is going to very tough, but it could have been any of the other teams and it would have been just as tough. We will take it as it comes, we're looking forward to the games now and I'm sure our supporters will be as well. We believe over two games anything is possible. Juventus are littered with world-class stars and have been very consistent over the last 18 months and have got a great winning mentality, but so have we. To come through the group as impressively as we did, you just never know where you'll be in a month or two's time in terms of fitness and form. AC Milan sporting director Umberto Gandini told uefa.com of his side's match-up with Barcelona "Last season we faced them twice (the group stage and quarter-finals), this time only once fortunately. We are now used to playing in Catalonia. We are improving and I'm sure we will continue to do so until February. We face a perfect machine even if they had more problems than usual this season in the group stage. Let's just hope we will qualify this time around. This is the highest hurdle we could face but if we manage to pass it we can go all the way. Emilio Butragueno, who played for Real Madrid and is now a director at the club on Sky Sports News: "Manchester United is not just good a great team but a fantastic organisation. We have a great relationship with them. It will be difficult, they have a strong team and great leadership. Ferguson knows how to get the best out of his players. But we are Real Madrid, we will try to do our best and I think we will rise to the occasion. I'm sure it's going to be a special game for Ronaldo. He's a great professional. Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho have a very good relationship. Jose is a great manager, he is under contract with Madrid so we are happy with him. He will lead the team to make our fans feel proud of the team, that's the main objective. And here's Bayern Munich big sausage Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, again talking to uefa..com: "I think we enter this match as the slight favourites, but we can be making the mistake of underestimating them. Arsenal have struggled at times in the league over the last few months, which a look upon the standings in the Premier League will tell you. But by no means will this be an easy game for us. I look forward to our game in London and back home in Munich. We want to set the foundations with a good performance in London, that would make things easier for us in our home game. I wouldn't call this a lucky draw, but one that we can overcome. I look forward to seeing my old friend Arsene Wenger and I hope that we can reach the next round. 11.24 Ray WIlkins says: "On paper, looking at it, I do not see us having any (British) side in the last eight." Top Top Jamie is more upbeat, he thinks that Madrid v Man United is even-steven, although everyone seems to agree that Arsenal and Celtic are about to reach the end of the line. John M Donnellan writes: "As a United fan it will be fantastic to see Ronnie back, should be two great games, if our defense can tighten up enough we should just about shade it, then for Barcelona." 11.19 And to finish up our rundown of previous CL head-to-heads for the Brit teams, here is Arsenal's record against Bayern. Dec 5, 2000: Arsenal 2 Bayern Munich 2 Mar 14, 2001: Bayern Munich 1 Arsenal 0 Feb 22, 2005: Bayern Munich 3 Arsenal 1 Mar 9, 2005: Arsenal 1 Bayern Munich 0 11.16 Is there hope from history for Celtic? Here are their previous meetings with Juventus. Oct 31, 2001: Celtic 4 Juventus 3 Sept 18, 2001: Juventus 3 Celtic 2 Sept 30, 1981: Juventus 2 Celtic 0 Sept 16, 1981: Celtic 1 Juventus 0 11.08 Man United and Madrid have played each other five times in the competition. It's going to be fun having Mourinho back in England with a team. Will he one day be in the home dugout at Old Trafford, one wonders? 11.06 Jonathan Liew notes the full seriousness of the moment. 'This was the moment when Real Madrid drew United...' Whoa there Sky, you're just going to replay it without slowing it up, you crazy cats? 10.58 Oddshecker.com reports: "Celtic's odds for glory have shortened slightly from 175/1 pre draw to best price 150/1. Arsenal's odds have drifted from 30/1 pre draw to 35/1. Manchester United's odds have gone out from 11/1 to 14/1. Here are the full odds. Barcelona 5/2 Real Madrid 5/1 Bayern Munich 7/1 Borussia Dortmund 8/1 Manchester United 14/1 Juventus 14/1 Paris Saint-Germain 22/1 Shakhtar Donetsk 33/1 Arsenal 35/1 FC Porto 50/1 Malaga 50/1 Schalke 50/1 Valencia 66/1 AC Milan 80/1 Celtic 150/1 Galatasaray 250/1 10.55 Neil Lennon says: "In terms of glamour it is a beauty. Juventus one of the great European teams. It is going to be very, very tough. We are looking forward to the games and I am sure our supporters will be as well. Anything is possible over two games. Juventus are littered with world class stars and they have a great winning mentality. But so do we. We hope we can time our fitness and form for those games. I will never forget today but now we can prepare as best we can. 10.52 That concludes the draw. Interestingly (kinda) that was the exact line-up they pulled out in the rehearsal yesterday. Some great ties in there: Madrid v Man United looks a cracker. Another tough one for Arsenal. The AC Milan v Barcelona match also one for the historian. Tough match for Celtic but then they were all going to be hard. 10.51 Which means that it has to be Porto v Malaga 10.50 Next team out is Valencia, and because Malaga are from the same country, they must play PSG 10.49 It is Real Madrid next, and they can get only PSG or Man United. 10.48 It's AC MIlan, the seven times winner and they will face Barcelona (that was a forced move, given the nationalities and group opponents left) 10.47 Glamour club Shakhtar Donetsk are out next.... and they will play Borussia Dortmund They will play.... 10.45 CELTIC are out of the pot. They will play Juventus. 10.44 Right then. Eyes down for a full house. First we are drawing the runners up. 10.40 "Unforgettable experience playing in Spain, lifting this trophy was the pinacle of my career," he says. Steve says that to take the Champions League final back to England is special for the people of this country, even after the wonderful Olympics. Kieran writes: "I played basketball and watched football matches over 90 times this year" 10.39 Here comes Steve McManaman onto the stage, joined by UEFA wink Giorgio Marcetti. Some questions for Macca. 10.36 It's not long now. You can tell because we are watching a stirring montage. Let's have a guest on the stage to help with the draw. "A global legend," he is, says the announcer... It's Steve McManananamamamaman! Blimey. Go on Steve lad. 10.35 For those as like a bet, 5/2 Barcelona and 100/30 Madrid are the favourites. I think that's a poor price for Ronaldo's mob - given that they are in the weaker pot.. 10.30 Arsene Wenger says: "Given the chance I would like to avoid Barcelona." Ooh, the professorial fellow that he is. He says that the turnover of clubs (11 new ones in this year's last 16) "shows how difficult it is to stay in there." 10.25 Paul Hayward warns the English big noises that a trio of talented German sides lies in wait. In the Champions League stats since 1992 Manchester United head the list for most ranking points, most wins and most consecutive appearances (17). But while the great powers dominate this year's draw as usual there are hints of a wider democracy with Celtic, Shakhtar Donetsk and three group stage-winning Bundesliga clubs challenging the old order of England, Italy and Spain, where Tito Vilanova, the Barcelona coach, has been forced to stand down. The jolt to Barcelona is less deserving of sympathy than the shock to Vilanova himself, and the news of his illness adds a more poignant human aspect to the sharing out of treasure next May. Schalke's coach, Huub Stevens, lost his job for much more mundane reasons (four domestic defeats in six). Yet there is no mistaking the strength of the Bundesliga trio completed by Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, who played Hannover 96 on Wednesday night and will not be seen again until the Werder Bremen fixture on Jan 19. 10.20 A lot of thoughts today with Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova today, who will have surgery for cancer later. Impossible to predict how that will impact on Barcelona's chances in this competition. 10.15 So the one to avoid in that runners-up pool clearly seems to be Madrid. The one possible weak link in the winners' pool, is Malaga, I guess. Interesting that there are a lot of teams in this year's last 16 who were not in last year's. Here's the draw from 2011-2012. Lyon Vs Apoel Napoli Vs Chelsea AC Milan Vs Arsenal Basel Vs Bayern Munich Bayer Leverkusen Vs Barcelona CSKA Moscow Vs Real Madrid Zenit St Petersburg Vs Benfica Marseille Vs Inter What a weak last 16 that looked, eh? By my reckoning that makes only five teams in the mix today who were present last year. So can we say that there is a strong spread of good teams in Europe at the moment? Or does it look like normal service has been resumed after a blippy year? 10.10 The teams who are in the seeded winners' pool are: Paris Saint Germain, Schalke, Malaga, Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Manchester United. And those in the runners-up pool are: Porto, Arsenal, AC Milan, Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Valencia, Celtic, Galatasaray. 10.05 "There are no signs yet that any of these British sides could go all the way," says Charlie Nicholas. They will need a favourable draw. Last 16 First Leg: 12 February, 20 February Second Leg: 5 March, 12 March Quarter Finals First Leg: 2 April, 3 April Second Leg: 9 April, 10 April Semi Finals First Leg: 23 April, 24 April Second Leg: 30 April, 1 May Final 25 May 10.00 We're just about to go live to Switzerland. Well, not really, thank heavens. That would probably be quite a boring holiday. There are nine previous winners still in the hat, and nine nations are represented. Manchester City, and the holders Chelsea, are among the notable absentees. Have a quick goosey at the 16 hopefuls in this handy rundown. 09.55 If you're a fan of one of the teams involved, drop us a line and let us know who you would like to avoid/face. Or even if you're not a fan of one of the teams involved: maybe let us know which British club you would like to see do well/fail heartbreakingly. And who do you think will win the thing, then? This is apropos of absolutely nothing, but made me laugh anyway. And talking of pieces of information that are less than vital, there is a feature on Sky Sports where Peter Odemwingie shows you "the wonderful gifts you can buy in the Albion club shop." 09.50 Good morning football fans! And fans of men in suits picking balls out of a giant goldfish bowl without looking at them. No Chelsea. No Manchester City. But Arsenal and Manchester United have found their way in to the final 16 teams. As have Celtic. The usual big guns from Spain and those annoyingly gifted, fresh faced upstarts from Dortmund stand in the way of our brave boys. How it works: For the benefit of those of you for whom this is a first live Champions League draw, here's the nuts and bolts of how it all works. You cannot be drawn against somebody from the same country as you. You cannot be drawn against somebody who you already played in the group stages. Teams who won their groups are in one pool, teams who finished runner up in another. If you won your group, you get to play your second leg at home. If Michel Platini makes a long speech, pour yourself an early-morning restorative.