兵器庫 直面する Bayern Munich in 支持する／優勝者s League as Manchester City draw Monaco and Leicester take on Sevilla in last 16

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After six 連続した years 衝突，墜落ing out in the last 16 of the 支持する／優勝者s League, Arsene Wenger was ready to put his 約束 in divine 介入 as he waited for the draw.

‘God made the world in seven days,’ said the 兵器庫 boss yesterday. ‘This is the seventh day for us. We have to get a special day.’

A couple of hours later, Ruud Gullit reached for the orb of gloom at UEFA HQ and Wenger’s team were paired with Bayern Munich in the 支持する／優勝者s League for the fourth time in the last five seasons.

Arsene Wenger will once again take his team to 直面する Bayern Munich in the 支持する／優勝者s League

Per Mertesacker is dejected after 兵器庫's 5-1 loss to Bayern in 2015. They 会合，会う again in 2017

Mohamed Elneny pictured during 兵器庫 training, after they were drawn against Bayern

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alex Iwobi and Granit Xhaka 参加する a passing 演習

Gullit, with his blue Chelsea 血, 申し込む／申し出d a wry smile and the Germans 反抗するd stereotypes by 即時に latching on to the Groundhog Day joke to 地位，任命する a clip of 法案 Murray on Bayern’s 公式の／役人 Twitter 料金d.

At 兵器庫, there was a sense of exasperation. ‘The one time we won the group we got Bayern,’ said Theo Walcott. ‘If we’d come second, we could have got Barcelona. PSG got them. It’s the luck of the draw.

‘You’ve got to 直面する the best teams in the 支持する／優勝者s League. Bayern won’t want to play 兵器庫. I’m not going to 嘘（をつく） when I say it’s going to be a very difficult game. We know how hard it’s going to be.’

The Bayern players celebrate with thei r fans に引き続いて a 2-0 victory at the 首長国s in 2014

Wenger gestures に向かって winger Arjen Robben during the two teams' last 16 衝突／不一致 in 2014

Robert Pires watches on during the club's training 開会／開廷／会期, with former boss Wenger

Kieran Gibbs and Francis Coquelin 株 a joke during 兵器庫's 開会／開廷／会期 at their Colney base

Bayern knocked 兵器庫 out in 2005, 2013 and 2014. When they met in the second group 段階 in 2000-01, Bayern won the group, as they did last season when they met in the group 行う／開催する／段階.

兵器庫 have yet to get the better of them over two 脚s and were thrashed 5-1 in Munich in a group game last year. They were 4-0 負かす／撃墜する after only 55 minutes.

‘We can’t be doing stuff like that,’ said Walcott. ‘We’re a lot more resilient this year. I can’t really see that happening. We’re a lot more 焦点（を合わせる）d and 献身的な. We’ll give them a good game, definitely.’

Manchester City finished second in their group and now 直面する Monaco in the last 16

Pep Guardiola's 味方する finished second in their group behind Spanish 巨大（な）s Barcelona

This last-16 障害物 has 証明するd too 広大な／多数の／重要な for 兵器庫 to 打ち勝つ in 最近の years, often 予定 to the fact they have failed to 勝利，勝つ their group and gone into the draw シードされていない.

Besides losing twice to Bayern at this 行う／開催する／段階 they have also lost twice to Barcelona, once to AC Milan and once to Monaco.

‘We are all here to change history and to make history,’ said Wenger. ‘I feel the year we failed is Monaco.

‘You feel 有罪の because you always question first yourself and your 決定／判定勝ち（する）-making and the way the game went. We have to show we have learned.

‘The best way to have 勢い is to go into the 支持する／優勝者s League in a good league position.

‘Belief is high. If we can keep our strength away from home that can help us. Let’s have a good first game and then we can finish the 職業 at home.’

The Leicester players celebrate Riyad Mahrez's goal against Brugge. They now 直面する Sevilla

This year 兵器庫 were seeded but drew one of two 味方するs they were hoping to 避ける. The other was 支えるもの／所有者s Real Madrid.

Wenger was distinctly unhappy when 知らせるd of the draw after training but 兵器庫 hope home advantage in the second 脚 will at least 申し込む／申し出 some reward for winning the group ahead of Paris Saint-Germain.

‘That’s the 重要な,’ said Walcott. ‘You go there, feel what they’re like and try to get a 安定した result if you can. At home in the second game, you have that support, you know what to 推定する／予想する.’

Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri is looking 今後 to 直面するing Sevilla in the 支持する／優勝者s League

その上の 激励 comes from Munich. Bayern are 最高の，を越す of the Bundesliga on goal difference but have not been the same irresistible 軍隊 under Carlo Ancelotti as under Pep Guardiola. However, Ancelotti’s assistant 経営者／支配人 Paul Clement 警告するd they will be fresher than the Gunners.

‘兵器庫 are going to have a busy winter period,’ Clement told talkSPORT. ‘We have a four-week winter break. That will 含む eight days in Qatar warm-天候 training and hopefully we can take advantage of that.’

Manchester City, after finishing second in their group behind Barcelona, were pleased to be drawn with Monaco.

Lionel Messi and Barcelona take on Paris Saint-Germain over two 脚s in the last 16

冒険的な director Txiki Begiristain 推定する／予想するs form to be better by the time the 関係 are played.

‘February is a long way off,’ he said. ‘I think we’ll be 承認する but we have a lot of 尊敬（する）・点 for what Monaco are doing ― they are probably playing the best football in フラン 権利 now ― and what they did in their group which 含むd Leverkusen and Tottenham.’

首相 League 支持する／優勝者s Leicester, who won their group, will take on Sevilla and 経営者／支配人 Claudio Ranieri was quick to assume his favourite position.

‘We will be the underdogs once again,’ said the Italian. ‘Always we are the underdogs, every time. Sevilla have 解除するd the Europa League three times in three years, it is unbelievable.

‘They are third in the league and have lost only three. They are a big, big, big team, very technical and very good, fighting to 勝利，勝つ the 肩書を与える with Real Madrid and Barcelona ― that tells you how good they are.

‘We will continue to fight to go as far as we can in the 支持する／優勝者s League. We will enjoy it.’