Manchester City, the holders, were drawn against Copenhagen for a relatively kind assignment in their last-16 Champions League tie. Elsewhere in the Monday lunchtime draw Arsenal face a familiar opponent in Portugal’s Porto while Barcelona will take on Napoli in arguably the pick of the round’s ties.

Copenhagen will make a familiar trip for the second leg, having come through the group from which Manchester United failed to extend their European season. The Danish side’s highly regarded coach, Jacob Neestrup, masterminded a 4-3 win over United in November, and last season met City in last season’s group stage, losing 5-0 in Manchester but holding Pep Guardiola’s team to a goalless draw in Denmark.

Premier League leaders Arsenal, who like City topped their group, meet two-time champions Porto in the north London side’s first knockout tie in the competition since the 2016-17 season. The Portuguese side’s long-serving manager Sérgio Conceição’s team finished second behind Barcelona in Group H. The clubs last met in the same stage of the competition in 2010, when Arsène Wenger’s team overturned a 2-1 first-leg deficit to win the second leg 5-0, courtesy of a Nicklas Bendtner hat-trick.

As winners of their groups, City and Arsenal will play the first legs of their ties away. The first legs will take place in February, with return matches in March. Atlético Madrid take on Internazionale, last season’s beaten finalists. Real Madrid, the 14-times winners, will play RB Leipzig.

Paris Saint-Germain, who escaped the group that from which Newcastle were unable to qualify even for the Europa League, will face Real Sociedad, to complete the four-team Spanish contingent. German football’s other contenders, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, were paired with Lazio and PSV Eindhoven respectively.

The draw for the Europa League knockout playoff round, which featured the eight group runners-up plus eight teams dropping down from the Champions League, was also made in Nyon. The British contingent of Brighton, Liverpool, West Ham and Rangers were not involved, having all topped their groups and progressed straight through to the last 16.

Galatasaray, who edged out Manchester United to take third in their Champions League group, will face Sparta Prague, with Milan, who finished above Newcastle, facing Rennes. Other notable ties were Feyenoord v Roma, along with Shakhtar Donetsk v Marseille. Similarly, Aston Villa were not involved in the Europa Conference League knockout draw, having won their group.