ARSENAL will play Portuguese side Porto in the last 16 of the Champions League.
The Gunners will first travel to the Estadio do Dragao for the first leg on February 17 before coming back to the Emirates on March 9.
The draw will be viewed as a good one for Arsene Wenger and his men, as fellow English qualifiers Manchester United and Chelsea were drawn against two of European football's heavyweights.
United will face Milan, while Chelsea take on the other San Siro side Inter Milan.
The two Milan teams were arguably the biggest threat for Arsenal, after they finished as runners-up in their group, and they will be delighted to have dodged the bullet.
Arsenal met Porto in the group stages of the competition last season, winning comfortably 4-0 at the Emirates, before losing 2-0 in the reverse fixture with qualification already secured.
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