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| Mourinho, Pellegrini and Wenger all got their sides through the group stage |
ARSENAL will face Barcelona in the last 16 of the Champions League.
The Gunners finished second in their group and will host defending European champions Barca in the first leg.
Fellow English sides Chelsea and Manchester City will play Paris Saint-Germain and Dynamo Kiev respectively.
Arsenal went out to Barca at this stage of the 2010/11 campaign, having lost to the same opponents a year before at the quarter-final stage.
They were also on the receiving end of a 2-1 defeat by Barcelona in the 2006 Champions League final.
Arsene Wenger's side had to recover from two early defeats to escape their group behind leaders Bayern Munich.
Chelsea finished top of their group after beating Porto 2-0 last Wednesday.
Blues manager Jose Mourinho is under pressure to get results as his side falter in the Premier League.
They sit 16th in the table after losing eight of 15 top-flight games this season.
Chelsea went out 3-3 on aggregate to PSG at this stage last season.
Premier League title-chasers City, meanwhile, have never made it past the last-16 of the Champions League.
They were knocked out 3-1 on aggregate to Barcelona last year and 4-1 to the Spanish champions the year before that.
Manuel Pellegrini's side also topped their group after Juventus lost to Sevilla 1-0 in the final round of matches.
The first legs will be played on 16, 17, 23 or 24 February and the second legs on 8, 9, 15, or 16 March.
The final will be played in Milan's San Siro stadium on 28 May 2016.
Full draw:
Gent v Wolfsburg
Roma v Real Madrid
PSG v Chelsea
Arsenal v Barcelona
Juventus v Bayern Munich
PSV v Atletico Madrid
Benfica v Zenit
Kiev v Manchester City
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