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A surprise entry<\/h3>\n
FC Copenhagen have qualified from their Champions League group for the second time, having previously done so in 2010\/11.<\/p>\n
They are the only Danish club to have finished in the top two in a Champions League group having beaten out Manchester United and Galatasaray to finish behind Bayern Munich in Group A. <\/p>\n
They are in the unseeded pot and could come up against Manchester City or Arsenal in the last-16. <\/p>\n
How Manchester United\u2019s worst-ever Champions League campaign unravelled \u2014 and who is to blame<\/h3>\n
As the final whistle blew on Manchester United\u2019s European campaign, the cast list on the pitch included Jonny Evans, Kobbie Mainoo, Facundo Pellestri and Hannibal Mejbri. One represents the past, another may be the future, two are likely to be footnotes in any account of United. The understudies \u2013 in some cases, the unknowns \u2013 representing a club who have spent \u00a3400m in 18 months, some \u00a31.5bn in 11 years since Sir Alex Ferguson retired were the unwitting indications of how plans went awry. They ended up beaten by Bayern Munich with the kind of line-up likelier to be found in a pre-season friendly.<\/p>\n
In different ways, it had gone wrong for their supposed superiors. Marcus Rashford\u2019s Champions League season was curtailed early: United were 2-0 up against FC Copenhagen, looking likely to qualify when his accidental stamp on Elias Jelert brought a sending off then a suspension, before illness ruled him out of the Bayern match. For Casemiro, too, his final contribution was a red card, sent off in the second game against Galatasaray, the victim of one of Andre Onana\u2019s blunders, banned and then injured thereafter. So much for the idea a multiple Champions League winner could have the same effect at Old Trafford. His sidekick in success at Real Madrid, Raphael Varane was an unused substitute when United conceded three goals in Istanbul to take their destiny out of their own hands.<\/p>\n
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How Man Utd\u2019s worst-ever Champions League campaign unravelled \u2014 and who is to blame<\/h3>\n
United finished bottom of a group that contained FC Copenhagen and Galatasaray after a series of shambolic defensive performances – but there is plenty of blame to go around <\/p>\n
What are the rules of the draw?<\/h3>\n
The group winners are seeded and will be drawn against one of the eight runners-up. <\/p>\n
Teams from the same countries cannot play each other in the last 16, and you cannot be drawn against a team you\u2019ve already played in the group stages. <\/p>\n
The group winners will be at home for the second leg.<\/p>\n
What will the last-16 fixtures take place?<\/h3>\n
First legs: 13\/14\/20\/21 February 2024<\/p>\n
Second legs: 5\/6\/12\/13 March 2024<\/p>\n
Champions League last-16 draw<\/h3>\n
Manchester City and Arsenal are the only two Premier League representatives in the Champions League knockout rounds after both teams finished top of their groups. <\/p>\n
Manchester United and Newcastle were both eliminated from Europe entirely due to fourth place finishes. <\/p>\n
City and Arsenal\u2019s positions are group winners mean they will be placed in the seeded pots and should, in theory, end up with a favourable draw for the last-16. <\/p>\n
Who is through to the last-16?<\/h3>\n
Runners-up:<\/strong><\/p>\n