22 METROSPORT Friday, December 18, 2009 D Milan pair short straw in draw GROUP WINNERS Bordeaux, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Fiorentina, Barcelona, Sevilla, Arsenal RUNNERS-UP Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow, AC Milan, Porto, Lyon, Inter Milan, Stuttgart, Olympiakos CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TEAMS Follow the draw from 11am today at metro.co.uk/football AC MilAn and inter will be the teams English clubs will be keen to avoid in this mornings draw for the last 16 of the Champions league. Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea all won their groups so will play runners-up in the first knockout stage and have the advantage of playing the second leg at home. Tie of the round would probably be a clash between Premier league champions United and AC Milan which would see a return to Old Traf- ford for David Beckham, who starts a loan spell at the San Siro next month. Chelsea, meanwhile, will be hoping toavoidaclashwithitalianchampions inter Milan, coached by their former manager Jose Mourinho. But a Chelsea versus AC Milan tie would also be intriguing as it would pit Blues boss Carlo Ancelotti against the club he left in the summer. lyon and Bayern Munich are also teams to avoid, but Stuttgart, CSKA Moscow and Olympiakos would hold no fears for any of the English clubs. Meanwhile, unseeded liverpool face the prospect of tough opponents in their first experience of the Europa league in todays draw for the knockout stages. Poor goal difference in the Champi- ons league groups means the Reds miss out on being among the 16 seeds for the new-look competition which replaced the Uefa Cup. it means liverpool, along with Everton and Fulham who are also un- seeded, could face Werder Bremen and Wolfsburg from Germany as well as italian giants Juventus, holders Shakhtar Donetsk from Ukraine and Turkish giants Galatasaray. The seeded teams are also given the advantage of playing the second leg at home. The round of 32 starts on February 16. soccer chamPIONS lEaGUE By maRc dOdd Hughes in the mood for hard work at City MANCHESTER City boss Mark Hughes has demanded a greater work-rate from his struggling stars as they aim to get back to winning ways when they face Sunderland at Eastlands tomorrow. City have had a poor week with a 3-3 draw at Bolton followed by Wednesdays morale- sapping 3-0 defeat at Spurs. The likes of Emmanuel Adebayor and Robinho disappointed at Tottenham and Hughes said: There is a minimum requirement in terms of work-rate and effort and [against Spurs] we didnt have a platform to be able to get into peoples faces and close people down. We dont profess to be the finished article and that was shown. We have to pick ourselves up. We have got a big game and its important we get back on track. premier league Modric match-up fine with Kranjcar niKO KRAnJCAR is relishing the prospect of teaming up with Croatia team- mate luka Modric in Tottenhams Champions league push. Kranjcar had taken Modrics place in the side while his compatriot was out with a fractured fibula. Modric is now returning to fitness but may find in-form Kranjcar difficult to dislodge after his brace on Wednesday against Manchester City. But Kranjcar is adamant the duo can play in the same side. We play well together for the national team and i hope we can play together for Tottenham, said the former Portsmouth man. For Croatia, luka plays in the middle and i am down the left. But all we want is for him to get back to match fitness as soon as he can as hes a fantastic player who opens doors in games. Clarets confident of facing rested Wolves DEfENDER Clarke Carlisle insists Burnley have no issue with Wolves controversial team selection this week. Wolves manager Mick McCarthy made ten changes for Tuesdays Premier League trip to Manchester United in order to rest players ahead of Sundays clash with the Clarets. Burnleys players, by contrast, travel to Molineux on the back of the draining 1-1 draw they played out with Arsenal at Turf Moor last night. McCarthy has been widely criticised for his attitude but Carlisle does not think Wolves will have an unfair advantage. The 30-year-old said: It happens often, maybe one team will have a midweek game and another team will only play Saturday to Saturday. It is immaterial to us. EvERtON manager david moyes saw his young pretenders tumble to a narrow defeat in Europa league Group I, having already qualified for the knockout phase last night. the experimental XI sent out by the Scot, which included young Irishmen Seamus coleman and Shane duffy, held on until the 75th minute when a goal from aleksandr yurevich won the game for BatE Borisov with a 25-yard effort that beat toffees keeper carlo Nash. Of more concern to moyes was an injury to Jack Rodwell, which saw the midfielder come off after eight minutes. Young Toffees lose out late on everton 0 bate borisov 1 europa league First and goal: celtic striker Paul mcGowan swivels to score celtics equaliser against Rapid on his first start for the hoops this season Picture: Action Imagee MATCH FACTS Rapid vienna: Hedl, Dober (Trimmel 30), Soma, Patocka, Katzer, Hoffmann, Kulovits, Boskovic, Kavlak (Drazan 59), Salihi (Ildiz 78), Jelavic. Goals: Jelavic 1, 8, Salihi 19. celtic: Boruc, Caddis, Loovens, McManus, Wilson, Flood, NGuemo, Crosas, McGinn (Carey 77), Fortune (Killen 90), McGowan. Goals: Fortune 24, 67, McGowan 90. Att: 48,000 Ref: R Malek (Poland). Battling Celts end on a high TOny MOWBRAy claimed his sides dramatic Europa league comeback to draw 3-3 against Rapid Vienna in the Ernst Happel Stadium epitomised the spirit of the Parkhead club. An experimental Hoops side, with seven changes from the win over Motherwell, found themselves three goals behind after only 19 minutes in the Group C dead rubber as nikica Jelavic grabbed a double before strike partner Hamdi Salihis goal threatened a rout. However, Celtic refused to fold and began a thrilling comeback when Marc-Antoine Fortune netted before the break. The former nancy striker doubled his tally in the 67th minute before Paul McGowan, making his first start of the season, drove in a stoppage-time leveller as Celtic finished third in Group C. i didnt learn anything about the players that i didnt know, Mowbray said. The last 80 minutes epitomises our club. We needed to react and be positive in adversity and we did just that. 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