Champions League Round of 16 Draw LIVE: Arsenal, Real Madrid, 14 Others Learn Fate

Europe’s elite clubs discovered their knockout-stage opponents as the UEFA Champions League round-of-16 draw played out in real time on Monday. Premier League sextet Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur joined La Liga giants Barcelona and Real Madrid, plus reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain, among the 16 teams awaiting their next European test. Followers tracked every development via Sports Illustrated FC’s live blog, with Lead Editor Toby Cudworth—an accredited Premier League, EFL and UEFA journalist—providing minute-by-minute updates. Cudworth, a lifelong West Ham United supporter, still pinches himself that his boyhood club lifted a European trophy.