Boss Martin O'Neill has said he did not mind which side his team would draw in the knockout stages, but their hopes of progression will be tested fully by a CSKA side who won this competition in 2005 and who were the only team in the group phase to win all four of their matches.

There is the possibility of an all-English tie in the last 16 between Villa and Tottenham, who were also handed a tough tie against Ukraine side Shakhtar Donetsk.

Shakhtar dropped into the competition after finishing third in their Champions League group, with Manchester City to play Danish side FC Copenhagen.

The last 32 ties will be played on February 18 and 19 with the return legs on February 26, with the final of the tournament to be played at Fenerbahce's Sukru Saracoglu Stadium in Istanbul on May 20.

Manchester City chief executive Paul Aldridge admitted he was content with his side's draw for the last 32.

"We've been very happy with our form in this competition we finished top of the group and hope that to continue," Aldridge told Sky Sport News.

"I haven't phoned Mark (Hughes) yet but I think he'd be pretty happy with that.

"Mark will probably roll out all the cliches but we go into every competition with the aim to win it and this is no different. As you get closer to the final the chances become more realistic.

"I don't know too much about them but they are doing quite well in the league at the moment - they are second I've been told. They are going to be very strong opposition as teams at this stage of the competition are going to be."

Should City progress past Copenhagen they could face further Danish opposition after they were drawn to play either Aalborg or Deportivo La Coruna in the round of 16.

Aalborg have already enjoyed success in Manchester this season after claiming a 2-2 draw with United in their Champions League match at Old Trafford earlier this month.

Holders Zenit St Petersburg will face another trip to Germany after they were drawn to play Stuttgart.

On their way to last season's title Dick Advocaat's side overcame German outfits Bayer Leverkusen, in the quarter-finals, and then Bayern Munich in the last four before beating Rangers 2-0 in the final.

In what proved a tough draw for the German sides Werder Bremen were paired against AC Milan while Wolfsburg face Paris St Germain, who booked their place last night with a 4-0 rout of FC Twente.

Martin Jol will take his Hamburg side to his homeland with a tie against NEC Nijmegen while their Dutch rivals Ajax face Fiorentina, who were beaten in the semi-finals last season.

Steve McClaren's Twente will also face a Champions League team in the form of Marseille.

Other notable ties include Dynamo Kiev against Valencia and Standard Liege versus Braga while Bordeaux will play Galatasaray, who will be hoping to maintain a Turkish presence in the competition with the final to be played in Istanbul.