Source: Daily_Mail
Champions League draw live - Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham ready
Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham all await today's Champions League draw to discover who they will face in the group stages. Stick with Sportsmail for live rolling coverage from the big draw in Monaco.[LNB] What they all want: The Champions League trophy will be lifted at Wembley next May[LNB]6.00pm: So that completes the Champions League 2010/11 Group Stage draw. Some fascinating ties lie in wait, namely Manchester United's clash with Rangers. [LNB]For Arsenal, Eduardo returns with Shakhtar Donetsk and for Chelsea, French champions Marseille will visit Stamford Bridge. They are led by former Blues midfielder Didier Deschamps. Chelsea, though, are unbeaten in their last five trips to France.[LNB]New boys Tottenham could certainly have had it worse, as they face trips to Holland and Germany. Harry Redknapp's men will also go to the home of the defending champions Inter Milan. [LNB]Elsewhere, Group G pits Europe's most successful ever teams against each other. AC Milan, Real Madrid and Ajax boast 20 European Cups between them.[LNB]Barcelona will host Russian side Rubin Kazan who won in the Camp Nou last season, while Bayern Munich, Basel and Roma are perhaps the closest geographically of all the groups. [LNB]GROUP AInter Milan[LNB]Werder Bremen[LNB]Tottenham[LNB]Twente[LNB]GROUP BLyon[LNB]Benfica[LNB]Schalke[LNB]Hapoel Tel Aviv[LNB] GROUP CManchester United[LNB]Valencia[LNB]Rangers[LNB]Bursaspor[LNB]GROUP DBarcelona[LNB]Panathinaikos[LNB]FC Copenhagen[LNB]Rubin Kazan[LNB] GROUP EBayern Munich[LNB]Roma[LNB]Basel[LNB]Cluj[LNB]GROUP FChelsea[LNB]Marseille[LNB]Spartak Moscow[LNB]Zilina[LNB] GROUP GAC Milan[LNB]Real Madrid[LNB]Ajax[LNB]Auxerre[LNB]GROUP HArsenal[LNB]Shakhtar Donetsk[LNB]Braga[LNB]Partizan Belgrade[LNB][LNB][LNB][LNB][LNB][LNB][LNB]5.58pm: Chelsea complete their line-up with Slovakian debutants Zilina. Tottenham are joined by FC Twente from Holland, Arsenal face a long trip to Serbia to play Partizan Belgrade.[LNB]5.55pm: Group G really is a mouth-watering prospect. Between the top three sides there are 20 European Cup triumphs - AC Milan 7, Real Madrid 9, Ajax 4.[LNB]5.53pm: United's group is finished by Turkish side Bursaspor while Auxerre go into Group G with Ajax, Real Madrid and Ajax.[LNB]5.52pm: Group E line up is completed by Romanian side Cluj. They join Bayern Munich, Roma and Basel.[LNB]5.49pm: Inter Milan sweep the awards board. Diego Milito, scorer of both goals in the Final last year, has been named Forward of the Year.[LNB]5.46pm: Arsenal have never won in the Ukraine on four visits. They've lost three and drawn one. [LNB]5.42pm: New boys Tottenham will face Inter Milan and Werder Bremen in Group A. Meanwhile Chelsea will face a tricky trip to Moscow.[LNB] Tricky trip: Arsenal have never won in the Ukraine, losing three of their four matches[LNB]5.40pm: Scottish champions Rangers lead the rush out of Pot Three. The SPL side last reached the final in 1960 and this time round they will have to play Manchester United in the group stage.[LNB]5.39pm: Wesley Sneijder has been named Midfielder of the Year, making it three out of three for Inter Milan. The Dutchman dedicates the prize to his 'lovely wife'.[LNB]5.36pm: More for our man Matt Lawton: 'Boo! So wanted Rafa v Jose. Special One gets AC Milan instead.'[LNB]5.34pm: Pot Two throws up some interesting reunions, most notably the return of Eduardo to Arsenal. The Croatia international striker left the Gunners this summer. Didier Deschamps, too, will take his Marseille side back to Chelsea.[LNB]5.31pm: Chief Football Correspondent Matt Lawton is in Monaco. He says, 'Man U get Valencia. Not the team they were now Villa and Silva moved on.'[LNB]Follow Matt Lawton on Twitter - twitter.com/Matt_Lawton_DM[LNB]5.30pm: Two of the big guns out already. Valencia placed in Group C to play Manchester United while Real Madrid will go head-to-head with AC Milan. Mourinho's reception at the San Siro will be interesting.[LNB] Eye on the prize: The European Cup takes pride of place in Monaco[LNB]5.28pm: Pot Two takes centre-stage now. Some big clubs in there - Real Madrid, Valencia, Roma and Benfica for example. [LNB]5.26pm: Maicon, the Brazilian full-back, has beaten Lucio and Gerard Pique to the Defender of the Year award. 'It's thanks to my team-mates and my coach,' he says.[LNB]5.24pm: Far from wanting to rush UEFA will take time between each 'pot' by announcing their individual winners of the player of the year award. [LNB]5.22pm: Next English club out are Arsenal. The Gunners, finalists in 2006, will be in Group H which means Chelsea slip into Group F. [LNB]5.20pm: Last year's runners-up Bayern Munich come out next and will take their place in Group E. The team they defeated in the semi-final, Lyon, are placed in Group B, while the defending champions have been placed in Group A.[LNB]5.18pm: First team out is Manchester United. They go into Group C and are followed out the hat by Barcelona (Group D) and then AC Milan (Group G).[LNB]5.15pm: The draw is now about to get underway.....[LNB]5.10pm: Julio Cesar has just been named UEFA Goalkeeper of the Year for the 2009/10 campaign. Rightly so. [LNB] No 1: Goalkeeper Julio Cesar emerged as one of the finest in the world during his side's run to the final[LNB]5.05pm: UEFA produce a wonderful video tribute to last year's competition. [LNB]Mourinho back at Chelsea, the all French quarter-final, Kazan winning in the Camp Nou, Lionel Messi' breathtaking four-goal haul - if this year can produce even half as many sub-plots, then we are in for a treat.[LNB]5.00pm: And there is that spine-tingling music! UEFA are unusually right on time for the start of the ceremony. Let's hope there isn't too much guff before we get to the nitty-gritty.[LNB]4.59pm: You can find out where all the teams have been positioned between the four pots by checking out Sportsmail's comprehensive review. [LNB]4.58pm: After six successive years without so much as a quarter-final appearance, Madrid are in Pot Two and could therefore be drawn against any of the English teams. [LNB]4.55pm: The mutual love-in between Spain's top two has already started. Jose Mourinho, winner in 2010 at Inter, is now at the Real Madrid helm. [LNB]The Portuguese master-minded a semi-final victory over Barcelona last campaign but Pep Guardiola is already looking forward to renewing hostilities. [LNB]Man to beat: Jose Mourinho hold aloft last year's trophy surrounded by his Inter Milan team[LNB]The Barca boss said: 'It is a pleasure to go against him. Madrid are always string, maybe stronger now we will see. But I think we will improve too.'[LNB]Mourinho added: 'Barca are an incredible team with incredible players. It was great for a coach's self-esteem to beat a team like that, who had won the Champions League, and everything else in Spain.'[LNB]4.50pm: The Scot will be hoping to improve on last year's performance when United were dumped out at the quarter final stage by eventual runners up Bayern Munich.[LNB]But Ferguson knows it won't be easy. He said: 'All the usual suspects will be there fighting it out for the trophy again this year. [LNB]'You've got to think Barcelona and Real Madrid will be closer this season. Inter could be a force again, and I think that'll be the case with ourselves and the other English teams as well. We'll be up there challenging.'[LNB]4.45pm: Sir Alex Ferguson, one of the most experienced managers involved in this year's tournament, says he still gets excited by the group stage draw. [LNB]'It's always a competition you enjoy being a part of. The important thing, as I say every season, will be to start well,' he said. [LNB]'I always set the figure of 10 points as our target in the group stage and it's important we get to that as quickly as we can, just like last season.'[LNB]4.40pm: One team has already been dealt a blow. Israel's Hapoel Tel Aviv have been told their 13,000-capacity Bloomfield Stadium is not suitable to host Champions League games.[LNB]They will play at Israel's national stadium, the 40,000-seat Ramat Gan in Tel Aviv.[LNB]4.35pm: Good afternoon and welcome to Sportsmail's rolling coverage of the eagerly anticipated Champions League Group Stage draw. [LNB]All eyes are on Monaco where Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea await their fate among 32 of the continent's most exciting sides. Tottenham, too, are there for the first time following the stroll through the play-off. [LNB]And they're not the only first-timers. Slovakian champions Zilina and Portuguese side Braga are also embarking on an unfamiliar but fascinating journey. [LNB]Sportsmail's review of all the teams that potentially lie in wait for England's top sides Ready to rumble: Wayne Rooney, Didier Drogba, Peter Crouch and Cesc Fabregas[LNB] CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: The big draw for the group stageManchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson wary of Real Madrid threat as Champions League group draw loomsTottenham 4 Young Boys 0 (agg 6-3): Perfect Peter seals £30m Euro place[LNB]
