Champions League draw: Leicester handed kind group

Champions League draw: Leicester handed kind group

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Leicester City have been dealt a kind draw in their first ever Champions League campaign.

The reigning English Premier League champions will face Porto, Club Brugge and FC Copenhagen in Group F.

Meanwhile, Arsenal have a tricky set of fixtures after being pooled with French heavyweights PSG, Basel and Ludogorets in Group A.

Their North London rivals, Tottenham Hotspur, will face a daunting trip to CSKA Moscow in Group E and also have to contend with Bayern Leverkusen and Monaco.

In Group C the all-conquering Spanish powerhouse Barcelona will do battle with Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, while Borussia Monchengladbach and Celtic complete an engrossing pool of teams.

Last season’s semi-finalists Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid will resume hostilities in Group D and are joined by PSV Eindhoven and Rostov.

The holders Real Madrid have been pitted against Borussia Dortmund, Sporting Lisbon and Legia Warsaw in Group F.

Group stage draw:

Group A: PSG (France), Arsenal (England), Basel (Switzerland), Ludogorets (Bulgaria).

Group B: Benfica (Portugal), Napoli (Italy), Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine), Besiktas (Turkey).

Group C: Barcelona (Spain), Manchester City (England), Borussia Monchengladbach (Germany), Celtic (Scotland).

Group D: Bayern Munich (Germany), Atletico Madrid (Spain), PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands), Rostov (Russia).

Group E: CSKA Moscow (Russia), Bayer Leverkusen (Germany), Tottenham Hotspur (England), Monaco (France).

Group F: Real Madrid (Spain), Borussia Dortmund (Germany), Sporting Lisbon (Portugal), Legia Warsaw (Poland).

Group G: Leicester City (England), Porto (Portugal), Club Brugge (Belgium), FC Copenhagen (Denmark).

Group H: Juventus (Italy), Sevilla (Spain), Lyon (France), Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia).

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