The draw for this season Champions League group stages has taken place in Monaco on Thursday evening and as usual has thrown up some intriguing groups.

Arsenal head up Group B and should be relatively happy with their draw after being drawn against Schalke, Olympiakos and French Ligue 1 champions Montpellier, with new striker Olivier Giroud set to face his former side.

Defending champions Chelsea are in Group E along with Shakhtar Donetsk, Italian champions Juventus and Nordsjaelland.

Manchester United will be happy with their draw as they are in Group H and were drawn against Braga, Galatasaray, FC Cluj.

Primer League champions Man City have a tough task as they were drawn in this years ‘group of death’ in Group D along with La Liga champions Real Madrid, Ajax and Borussia Dortmund.

Here is a full run down of the groups:

Group A

• FC Porto
• Dinamo Kiev
• PSG
• Dinamo Zagreb

Group B

• Arsenal
• Schalke
• Olympiakos
• Montpellier

Group C

• AC Milan
• Zenit St Petersburg
• Anderlecht
• Malaga

Group D

• Real Madrid
• Man City
• Ajax
• Borussia Dortmund

Group E

• Chelsea
• Shakhtar Donetsk
• Juventus
• Nordsjaelland

Group F

• Bayern Munich
• Valencia
• Lille
• BATE Borisov

Group G

• Barcelona
• Benfica
• Spartak Moscow
• Celtic

Group H

• Man Utd
• Braga
• Galatasaray
• Cluj

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