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Further reaction as Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United were drawn into the UEFA Champions League group stages in Monaco on Thursday (27th August).

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Carlo Cudicini, Chelsea club ambassador (On being drawn in Group G with FC Porto, Dynamo Kiev and Maccabi Tel-Aviv):

"Oh no you can't say light at all. It is a tough group for different reasons, but it is not an easy one The good thing is that our manager (Jose Mourinho) obviously knows Porto quite well, but then for the other two clubs it's a long way to go to Dynamo Kiev, which in midweek is never easy to do. And with Maccabi they are (Israeli) champions, they have a manager (Slavisa Jokanovic) that did very well at Watford last year, an ex-player, an ex-Chelsea player, so it's an interesting group."

SOUNDBITE: (English) David Miles, Arsenal secretary (On being drawn in Group F with Bayern Munich, Olympiacos, and Dinamo Moscow):

"Yeah I mean the draw started ominously with Bayern Munich and obviously as the draw progressed it eased a little bit for us in terms of difficultly. But when you think this is our 18 consecutive season in the Champions League group stage, which I think that in itself is a fantastic testament to Arsene Wenger and what he's done for the club. So we're very much looking forward to it."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Brian Marwood, Manchester City Managing Director for City Football Sevices (On being in Group D with Borussia Moenchengladbach, Juventus and Sevilla):

"That's what we are looking to do. We got to the last 16 last year and we want to go further. We are a very ambitious football club as people have seen over the years in terms of what we have been doing. That ambition has not died away. We are really looking forward to playing against some of the best teams in Europe."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Peter Schmeichel, former Manchester United goalkeeper (On being in Group B with Wolfsburg, CSKA Moscow and PSV Eindhoven):

"That's the most important thing that Manchester Untied is back in the Champions League. Before they played yesterday I would of taken any team in the draw, any team just for them to be in there. They did really well yesterday. Rooney was fantastic scoring three goals. It was one of those nights that we needed because now we believe and that belief was taken into the draw today. I think we got a fairly luckily draw. Not that any of the teams we were drawn against are poor teams, but they are not Barcelona for instance."