Manchester United will be confident of claiming a spot in the Champions League knockout rounds after being handed a favourable draw on their return to Europe's premier club competition.
The Red Devils, back in the competition after winning the Europa League last term, will take on familiar foes in the shape of Benfica, Basel and CSKA Moscow.
United, second seeds, avoided one of the big guns in Pot A, being handed the Portuguese champions rather than Real Madrid or Bayern Munich.
Tottenham weren't so lucky however, with Mauricio Pochettino's men being paired with the back-to-back European champions.
The Lilywhites have not won any of their nine European fixtures against Spanish clubs since April 1982, and the last two of those matches were defeats to Real in the 2010-11 quarter-finals.
Spurs struggled to do themselves justice in last season's competition, being beaten at Wembley by both Monaco and Bayer Leverkusen as they failed to qualify for the knockout stages.
Now they face Zinedine Zidane's awesome side, as well as Borussia Dortmund, the 2013 finalists. APOEL complete group G.
Celtic suffered a similarly difficult draw, which will put a dampener on Brendan Rodgers' hopes that the Scottish champions are ready to claim a spot in the knockout phase.
The Bhoys, who defeated Astana 8-4 on aggregate to land a spot in the group stage, have been handed nightmare trips to Munich and Paris, where Robert Lewandowski, Neymar and two of the tournament favourites, Bayern and PSG lay in wait.
At a time when Chelsea continue to be engulfed in the drama involving Diego Costa, the Blues were ironically drawn with Atletico Madrid, the Spain striker's former club, to whom he wants to return.
Antonio Conte hopes to make a splash in the Champions League, having struggled to do so during his tenure at Juventus, but faces a tough challenge not just from Atletico, but also Italian side Roma. Qarabag, the first-ever Azerbi side to make the group stage, look set to be group whipping boys.
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