Manchester United draw Celtic in Group E
Holders of the European Cup, Manchester United, have been drawn alongside Scottish Champions Celtic in Group E of the Champions League group stages along with Spanish outfit Villarreal and Danish side Aalborg.
Manchester United drew Celtic two seasons ago at the same stage and beat them 3-2 at Old Trafford whilst losing at Celtic park, 1-0. Both clubs qualified through the groups stages to the last 16 of Europe's biggest club competition. However, both Celtic and Manchester United were knocked out by the eventual winners AC Milan. Manchester United reach the semi-final that season losing 5-3 on aggregate to the Milan club.
United will not have fond memories of their last group stage games against Villarreal in 2005 - when United failed to get out of the groups stages losing to Benfica in the final group game 2-1. Wayne Rooney was infamously sent off for his applauding of referee Kim Milton Nielsen following a decision going against him.
The full Champions League draw:
Group A
Chelsea
Roma
Bordeaux
CFR Cluj
Group B
Inter Milan
Werder Bremen
Panathinaikos
Anorthosis Famagusta
Group C
Barcelona
Sporting Lisbon
Basel
Shakhtar Donetsk
Group D
Liverpool
PSV Eindhoven
Marseille
Atletico Madrid
Group E
Manchester United
Villarreal
Celtic
Aalborg
Group F
Lyon
Bayern Munich
Steaua Bucharest
Fiorentina
Group G
Arsenal
Porto
Fenerbahce
Dynamo Kiev
Group H
Real Madrid
Juventus
Zenit St Petersburg
Bate Borisov