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Man City Gets Copenhagen, Napoli Drawn Against Barcelona in Champions League’s Round of 16 

Football - Champions League - Round of 16 Draw - Nyon, Switzerland - December 18, 2023 Former Chelsea player John Terry draws FC Copenhagen. (Reuters)
Football - Champions League - Round of 16 Draw - Nyon, Switzerland - December 18, 2023 Former Chelsea player John Terry draws FC Copenhagen. (Reuters)
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Man City Gets Copenhagen, Napoli Drawn Against Barcelona in Champions League’s Round of 16 

Football - Champions League - Round of 16 Draw - Nyon, Switzerland - December 18, 2023 Former Chelsea player John Terry draws FC Copenhagen. (Reuters)
Football - Champions League - Round of 16 Draw - Nyon, Switzerland - December 18, 2023 Former Chelsea player John Terry draws FC Copenhagen. (Reuters)

Defending champion Manchester City was handed the most benign draw for the round of 16 in the Champions League after being picked to play Copenhagen, the Danish champion making its first appearance at this stage since 2011.

The draw was made Monday at UEFA's headquarters, with the standout matchup being Napoli vs. Barcelona.

Paris Saint-Germain wasn't punished as hard as it could be for finishing second in its group, with the French team facing a Real Sociedad team playing in its first Champions League season in a decade.

Real Madrid, seeking a record-extending 15th European Cup title, will play Leipzig while Inter Milan, last season's beaten finalist, plays Atletico Madrid.

It's also Porto vs. Arsenal, PSV Eindhoven vs. Borussia Dortmund and Lazio vs. Bayern Munich.

In the last 16, teams cannot play an opponent from their own country or a team they already faced in the group stage. There's no country protection after that.

The two-legged round-of-16 matchups will be played from Feb. 13-14.

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AC Milan Consolidate Top-Four Credentials with Win at Cremonese

AC Milan's Italian defender #33 Davide Bartesaghi (L) and AC Milan's Serbian defender #31 Strahinja Pavlovic (R) celebrate at the end of the Italian Serie A football match between US Cremonese and AC Milan at the Giovanni Zini Stadium in Cremona, northern Italy on March 1, 2026. (AFP)
AC Milan's Italian defender #33 Davide Bartesaghi (L) and AC Milan's Serbian defender #31 Strahinja Pavlovic (R) celebrate at the end of the Italian Serie A football match between US Cremonese and AC Milan at the Giovanni Zini Stadium in Cremona, northern Italy on March 1, 2026. (AFP)
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AC Milan Consolidate Top-Four Credentials with Win at Cremonese

AC Milan's Italian defender #33 Davide Bartesaghi (L) and AC Milan's Serbian defender #31 Strahinja Pavlovic (R) celebrate at the end of the Italian Serie A football match between US Cremonese and AC Milan at the Giovanni Zini Stadium in Cremona, northern Italy on March 1, 2026. (AFP)
AC Milan's Italian defender #33 Davide Bartesaghi (L) and AC Milan's Serbian defender #31 Strahinja Pavlovic (R) celebrate at the end of the Italian Serie A football match between US Cremonese and AC Milan at the Giovanni Zini Stadium in Cremona, northern Italy on March 1, 2026. (AFP)

AC Milan moved closer to Champions League football next season after two late strikes gave them a 2-0 win at Cremonese on Sunday.

Strahinja Pavlovic put Milan ahead in the 90th minute with his shoulder before Rafael Leao's simple finish in stoppage time gave the away side a result which flattered a drab display in Cremona.

Milan, who have been without European football this season, have little realistic hope of winning the Serie A title as the seven-time European champions are 10 points behind league leaders Inter Milan.

Next weekend's Milan derby has little more than local pride riding on it with Inter speeding off into the distance with 11 games remaining in the league campaign.

Milan's stated aim for the season, however, was qualification for the Champions League and Massimiliano Allegri's team are on course for that objective.

"We have a huge goal to reach with teams behind us who continue collecting points," said Allegri to DAZN.

"You have Como, Atalanta still have to play, Napoli won in the end and there are also Roma and Juventus. All we can do is take it one step at a time."

Fifth-placed Como are nine points behind Milan, while Roma, seven points behind them in fourth, face Juventus in Sunday's headline fixture.

Atalanta are five points off the Champions League spots in seventh after falling to a surprise 2-1 defeat at 10-man Sassuolo, their first in the league since the turn of the year.

Raffaele Palladino's team are the only Italian side in the last 16 of Europe's top club competition following their thrilling 4-3 aggregate triumph over Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday.

Jamie Vardy's Cremonese are sliding towards relegation to Serie B after a 13th straight match without a win, the promoted outfit sitting outside the drop zone on goal difference.

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Man United Climb to Third in Table with Come-from-Behind Win Over Palace

01 March 2026, United Kingdom, Manchester: Manchester United's Benjamin Sesko celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Crystal Palace at Old Trafford. (PA Wire/dpa)
01 March 2026, United Kingdom, Manchester: Manchester United's Benjamin Sesko celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Crystal Palace at Old Trafford. (PA Wire/dpa)
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Man United Climb to Third in Table with Come-from-Behind Win Over Palace

01 March 2026, United Kingdom, Manchester: Manchester United's Benjamin Sesko celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Crystal Palace at Old Trafford. (PA Wire/dpa)
01 March 2026, United Kingdom, Manchester: Manchester United's Benjamin Sesko celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Crystal Palace at Old Trafford. (PA Wire/dpa)

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes scored a penalty before delivering a freekick that Benjamin Sesko nodded home for a 2-1 comeback win over 10-man Crystal Palace that moved the hosts into third in the ‌Premier League ‌standings on Sunday.

Interim boss ‌Michael ⁠Carrick's unbeaten run ⁠since his appointment in mid-January stretched to seven matches, his side now sitting on 51 points from 28 games. Palace slumped ⁠to 14th, stuck on 35.

United ‌looked ‌sluggish to begin with as Palace ‌struck after four minutes, ‌Maxence Lacroix muscling past Leny Yoro to power home a header from a corner, the earliest ‌goal the home side have conceded all season.

United ⁠improved ⁠after the break and in the 57th minute, Fernandes hauled them level from the spot after Matheus Cunha was dragged down by Lacroix, who was shown a red card. Eight minutes later Sesko completed the turnaround, leaping to head home Fernandes' freekick.

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Struggling Spurs Lose 2-1 at Fulham

Fulham's Welsh midfielder #08 Harry Wilson celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the English Premier League football match between Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur at Craven Cottage in London on March 1, 2026. (AFP)
Fulham's Welsh midfielder #08 Harry Wilson celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the English Premier League football match between Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur at Craven Cottage in London on March 1, 2026. (AFP)
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Struggling Spurs Lose 2-1 at Fulham

Fulham's Welsh midfielder #08 Harry Wilson celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the English Premier League football match between Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur at Craven Cottage in London on March 1, 2026. (AFP)
Fulham's Welsh midfielder #08 Harry Wilson celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the English Premier League football match between Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur at Craven Cottage in London on March 1, 2026. (AFP)

Struggling Tottenham Hotspur failed to put distance between them and the Premier League relegation zone with a 2-1 defeat by cross-town London rivals Fulham on Sunday.

Four points clear of 18th-placed West Ham United, Tottenham left Craven Cottage ‌ever more ‌in a scrap ‌to ⁠stay up after ⁠another derby disappointment following last week's 4-1 home thrashing by leaders Arsenal.

Harry Wilson opened the scoring in the seventh minute for Fulham, the ⁠goal given after a ‌VAR review ‌for a possible foul on Radu ‌Dragusin. There was nothing controversial ‌about Fulham's second, lashed in by Alex Iwobi in the 34th with the ball swerving past ‌Guglielmo Vicario and into the net off the ⁠inside ⁠left post.

Richarlison pulled a goal back with a 66th-minute header, eight minutes after coming on as a substitute, to set up a nervy finish but the hosts should have put the match to bed by then with missed chances and vital saves from Vicario.