Champions League draw

Barclays Premier League champions Chelsea have been drawn in Group F against Olympique Marseille, Spartak Moscow and Zilina of Slovakia.

Manchester United will face Valencia, Scottish champions Rangers and Bursaspor of Turkey in Group C

Arsenal are in Group H where they will take on Shakhtar Donetsk, Braga and Partizan Belgrade.

Tottenham Hotspur's reward for beating Young Boys of Bern is a mouth-watering series of matches against holders Inter Milan, Werder Bremen and FC Twente in Group A.

They will all be bidding to win through to the last 16 and keep alive their hopes of making the final at Wembley.

Group A

Inter Milan

Werder Bremen

Tottenham Hotspur

FC Twente


Group B

Olympic Lyonnais

Benfica

Schalke

Hapoel Tel Aviv


Group C

Manchester United

Valencia

Rangers

Bursaspor


Group D

Barcelona

Panathinaikos

Copenhagen

Rubin Kazan


Group E

Bayern Munich

AS Roma

Basel

Cluj


Group F

Chelsea

Olympique Marseille

Spartak Moscow

Zilina


Group G

AC Milan

Real Madrid

Ajax

Auxerre


Group H

Arsenal

Shakhtar Donetsk

Braga

Partizan Belgrade

Fixtures to be played on: 14th/15th September, 28th/29th September, 19th/20th October, 2nd/3rd November, 23rd/24th November and 7th/8th December.

Manchester United 3-0 Everton

Manchester United beat Everton to move into second place in the Barclays Premier League.


Darren Fletcher put the champions in front with a spectacular volley after 35 minutes.

Michael Carrick added a second on 67 minutes and Antonio Valencia made sure of the points with a deflected shot 14 minutes from time to cut Chelsea's lead at the top to five points.

Man Utd's Vidic: Valencia froze under Ronaldo pressure

Nemanja Vidic has revealed how new Manchester United teammate Antonio Valencia struggled to cope at the start of the season with the pressure of succeeding Cristiano Ronaldo.

But the Serbia defender believes Valencia is now showing his true worth after hitting two goals in two games for the Barclays Premier League champions.

Vidic said: "At the beginning of the season, Antonio had some difficulties because he was bought to replace Cristiano Ronaldo.

"The media paid special attention and were watching his every move, and the pressure paralysed him a little.

"He is a real artist, gradually gaining confidence and playing better and better with each match. Scoring will help him even more."

Man Utd's Ferdinand likens Valencia to Scholes

Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has likened Antonio Valencia to Paul Scholes.

Valencia proved the matchwinner at CSKA Moscow last night and Ferdinand told MUTV: "I think Antonio Valencia is in the Paul Scholes mould, in the way that he approaches the game.

"He's a very humble lad. He comes in and does his work and then goes home. He's most comfortable out on the football pitch. He's been very impressive so far and I'm sure he'll keep improving.

"He's scoring goals now as well, which is great."