The full draw for the Uefa Champions League First Knock-Out Round Chelsea v Barcelona Real Madrid v Arsenal Werder Bremen v Juventus Bayern Munich v AC Milan PSV v Lyon Ajax v Inter Milan Benfica v Liverpool Rangers v Villarreal. Barcelona will be hoping to avoid Chelsea - and Liverpool, who lurk as a dangerous wild card - in today's Champions' League draw at Uefa headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. For Liverpool, the defence of their title continues against Benfica, with the Portuguese champions having knocked Manchester United out at the group stage. The Eagles won 2-1 at the Stadium of Light to book their passage and Liverpool will travel to the same venue in Lisbon for the first leg of their last 16 clash on February 21.

Gunners vice-chairman David Dein described the pairing as a "showbiz" encounter, and it means an English match-up for David Beckham and co, while Gunners boss Arsene Wenger, recently linked with the coaching job at Real, will be able to give them a first-hand glimpse of his tactical nous. Arsenal will face Real Madrid in their last 16 tie, with the first leg to be played at the Bernabeu on February 21. The first leg this time will be in west London, with the tie to be played on February 22nd The return match will take place on March 7. Uefa found no basis to the remarks and banned Mourinho from the touchline for two matches, though the Blues managed to win through 5-4 on aggregate after a 4-2 win at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea will renew hostilities with Barcelona in the Champions League after being pitted together in the last 16. The sides met at the same stage of last season's competition, with Jose Mourinho's side emerging triumphant over the two legs. They lost the first leg 2-1 in the Nou Camp, a match which became infamous for Mourinho's allegation that Barca coach Frank Rijkaard met with referee Anders Frisk in the official's dressing room at half-time. He was fined £2,060, a decision which Henry criticised, especially in the wake of the racist abuse later directed at England players during their friendly in Madrid in November.. If there was an apology, I'm sure Thierry would consider accepting it but, at the moment, the culpability is only on one side. I would imagine that, until he receives a fulsome apology, the last thing that Thierry Henry would want to do is shake hands with [Aragones]."Aragones has shown little remorse for his comments, which were picked up by TV cameras. However, Uefa wants Henry and Aragones to stage a symbolic embrace on stage during a Soccer Against Racism event taking place in Barcelona in February. Taylor does not believe that such a stage-managed event should take place until Aragones recognises that his words caused offence and offers a meaningful apology.Henry would need to be in two places at once, as the conference at Barcelona's Nou Camp takes place on the night when Arsenal host West Ham in a Premiership match.Taylor said: "It is unfair to put Thierry in such an invidious position.

Thierry Henry has been put in an "invidious position" by Uefa's plan for the striker to embrace Spain coach Luis Aragones at an anti-racism conference, the head of the Professional Footballers' Association Gordon Taylor said yesterday. Aragones has yet to apologise publicly for his racist comment about Henry, which he made to Jose Antonio Reyes during a Spain training session more than a year ago. There is no doubt that the prospect of playing for Celtic, the fervour of Celtic Park, the connection with his Irish heritage and the unconditional love of the club's support will have been a powerful influence on his decision, but for a man as addicted to the ideal of excellence he may well be forced to ask himself how much all this matters.. Roy Keane must have imagined his life after Manchester United many times, but a Scottish FA Cup tie in front of a Cumbernauld crowd smaller than those that watched him train with his former club in the Far East this summer was unlikely to be his first choice. Clyde football club are fifth in the Scottish First Division, they have never won a major trophy and in their entire 127-year history, the highlight may be Sunday 8 January 2006: although sadly for Clyde it will have little to do with them. The Broadwood Stadium in north Lanarkshire holds around 7,930 supporters and when St Mirren came to visit last month they pulled in as many as 1,904 which counts as a decent little crowd in those parts.