Chelsea long trip to Ukraine when they take on Dynamo Kiev while Arsenal were drawn against French side Rennes in the Europa League round of sixteen draws that was conducted on Friday. The Premier League duo eased into the next round on Thursday night. The Gunners trailed BATE Borisov following a shock 1-0 defeat in Belarus but took less than four minutes to level the tie at the Emirates Stadium thanks to a Zakhar Volkov own goal.
Shkodran Mustafi doubled the Arsenal lead on the night and edged them in front in the tie with a powerful header before half-time and Sokratis Papastathopoulos came off the bench to make sure of victory on the hour mark. Chelsea led 2-1 from the first leg of their last 32 clash with Malmo and secured their place in the round of 16 with three second-half goals, from Olivier Giroud, Ross Barkley and Callum Hudson-Odoi.
Italian sides Napoli and Inter Milan both face tough draws in the UEFA Europa League round of 16; after both sides progressed from their first knockout round matches last night.
Napoli will face Red Bull Salzburg in the next round; the same team who reached last year’s semi-finals, with an impressive comeback victory against Lazio in the quarter finals to send Simone Inzaghi’s side out of the tournament last year.
Inter Milan face another team fresh in the European minds of Lazio fans: Eintracht Frankfurt. Frankfurt topped Lazio’s group this campaign, defeating Lazio both home and away.
Europa League last 16 draw in full
Chelsea vs Dynamo Kiev
Eintracht Frankfurt vs Inter Milan
Dinamo Zagreb vs Benfica
Napoli vs RB Salzburg
Valencia vs FC Krasnodar
Sevilla vs Slavia Prague
Arsenal vs Rennes
First legs will be played on March 7, second legs on March 14