The draw for the group stage of the 2008/09 Champions League has been made today and you can see all the groups online.

The UEFA website has the full draw, which you can watch a replay of for free.

Manchester United, the defending champions, and Chelsea made it into the hat comfortably.

However, Arsenal and Liverpool had to go through a final qualifying stage.

Though the Gunners notched up a 6-0 aggregate win over Steve McClaren's FC Twente, Liverpool needed a last-gasp winner from Dirk Kuyt to ensure their progress.

All English teams were in the top seeding group, though, along with Barcelona, Lyon, Inter Milan and Real Madrid.

Celtic were also in the draw, among the third-seeded teams.

One big name that was missing from the draw is AC Milan, who failed to finish in the top four of Serie A last season.

This means that the likes of Kaka, Ronaldinho and Andrey Shevchenko won't feature in this season's Champions League.

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