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  "textContent": "Luis Enrique says Chelsea and Barcelona are ‘two incredible teams’ (Movistar)\n\nParis Saint-Germain head coach Luis Enrique insists Chelsea are an ‘incredible’ team ahead of their potential Champions League last-16 tie.\n\nThe Champions League holders drew 2-2 with Monaco in the second leg of their play-off tie on Wednesday night to progress 5-4 on aggregate.\n\nPSG will now play either Chelsea or Barcelona in the last-16 stage, with the draw due to take place at 11am on Friday.\n\nWhen asked about the prospect of PSG playing either his former club Barcelona or Chelsea in the Champions League knockout phase, Luis Enrique told Movistar: ‘Neither will be easy.\n\n‘Since it doesn’t depend on me, I’ll adapt to whatever comes. They are two incredible teams.\n\nPSG will play either Barcelona or Chelsea in the Champions League last-16 (AFP via Getty)\n\n‘Barca is very special to me and is already becoming a classic for me. Like Manchester City and Real Madrid. Barcelona is a unique city and the club is special.\n\n##  Your football fix\n\n**Metro** 's Head of Sport James Goldman delivers punchy analysis, transfer talk and his take on the week's biggest stories direct to your inbox every week.\n\nSign up here, it's an open goal.\n\n‘And if we get Chelsea, we’ll have a few things to work on.’\n\nSpeaking in his post-match press conference, Luis Enrique also claimed PSG’s tough Champions League league phase has meant that his players are already acclimatised to high-pressure fixtures in Europe.\n\n‘We deserved this qualification but it was difficult because for me the result was complicated, it was a tricky match,’ Luis Enrique said.\n\n‘There are moments when you lose precision and it’s difficult to recover the level. We have to be happy with what we did, with having overcome this difficult moment.\n\n##  Who can the Premier League teams play in the Champions League last-16?\n\n**Arsenal** will play either Bayer Leverkusen or Atalanta\n\n**Chelsea** will play either Newcastle United or PSG\n\n**Liverpool** will play either Atletico Madrid or Galatasaray\n\nThe Champions League draw takes place on Friday (UEFA via Getty)\n\n**Man City** will play either Bodo/Glimt or Real Madrid\n\n**Tottenham** will play either Atletico Madrid or Galatasaray\n\n**Newcastle United** will play either Chelsea or Barcelona\n\n‘What I can say is that if there’s one team in the Champions League that played against the toughest group, it’s us. We’re used to playing against any team.\n\n‘Of course, we want to improve, but we faced a very high-level opponent. Chelsea or Barca would be tough, but if there’s one team that’s ready, it’s us.\n\n‘We have to keep doing the same thing, we’re ready to play any team, in any competition.\n\n‘It’s been a unique season, we’ve had a lot of injured players. That’s not an excuse, but it’s important to have the whole squad available. There are three months of competition left, and we have the same mentality to go out and win.’\n\n**For more stories like this,check our sport page**.\n\n**Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on**Facebook, **Twitter and Instagram**.\n\nComment now Comments  Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source ",
  "title": "Luis Enrique reacts to PSG’s potential Chelsea tie in Champions League draw"
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