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Champions League Draw 2015-16: Major Talking Points from Round of 16 Fixtures

The Champions League draw, carried out at UEFA headquarters in Nyon has thrown some interesting fixtures, as always.

Here are the major talking points from the draw.

England’s coefficient gets no help from the draws

Arsenal face Barcelona while Chelsea go head to head against PSG. Both these English sides are the underdogs in the last 16 tie and it would be quite surprising for either to emerge on top. This certainly doesn’t bode well for the coefficient rankings, which makes the underwhelming Europa League extremely important for the Premier League sides.