Big guns back to face Milan

Champions League team news : Arsenal restored Emmanuel Adebayor and Mathieu Flamini to their starting line-up for tonight's …

Champions League team news: Arsenal restored Emmanuel Adebayor and Mathieu Flamini to their starting line-up for tonight's Champions League clash with AC Milan.

Striker Adebayor and midfielder Flamini missed the 4-0 drubbing by Manchester United through injury but returned as part of four changes from the weekend. Full-backs Gael Clichy and Bacary Sagna also came back after missing the FA Cup debacle at Old Trafford.

AC Milan goalkeeper Zeljko Kalac started despite suffering from a dislocated finger while Pato was named alongside fellow Brazilian striker Kaka for his first Champions League start.

Tonight's last-16 first-leg clash at the Emirates Stadium was Arsenal's 100th Champions League match.

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Celtic duo Paul Caddis and Barry Robson both make their Champions League debuts against Barcelona at Celtic Park tonight.

Caddis was drafted into the right-back berth in place of the cup-tied Andres Hinkel, while Robson replaced the suspended Scott Brown in midfield.

Paul Hartley was also included in the starting line-up at the expense of Massimo Donati, who was dropped to the bench.

Ronaldinho and Lionel Messi both started for Barcelona and Samuel Eto'o was named among the substitutes.

Ryan Giggs returned to the Manchester United side to make his 100th appearance in tonight's first leg at Lyon.

The Welsh winger, one of four changes, was named captain on the night after being rested for Saturday's FA Cup victory was against Arsenal.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Owen Hargreaves and Paul Scholes were all back in the starting line-up against a Lyon team who have won the French title six seasons in a row.

Wayne Rooney was employed as the solitary striker, with Carlos Tevez having to settle for a place on the bench.

Lyon: Coupet, Reveillere, Squillaci, Boumsong, Grosso, Clerc, Juninho, Toulalan, Kallstrom, Govou, Benzema. Subs: Vercoutre, Cris, Bodmer, Fred, Ben Arfa, Delgado, Keita.

Man Utd: Van der Sar, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Ronaldo, Scholes, Hargreaves, Anderson, Giggs, Rooney. Subs: Kuszczak, Saha, Carrick, Nani, O'Shea, Fletcher, Tevez.

Celtic: Boruc, Caddis, Caldwell, McManus, Naylor, Nakamura, Hartley, Robson, McGeady, Vennegoor of Hesselink, McDonald. Subs: Mark Brown, Samaras, Wilson, Sno, Donati, Killen, O'Dea.

Barcelona: Valdes, Puyol, Milito, Marquez, Abidal, Iniesta, Toure Yaya, Deco, Messi, Henry, Ronaldinho. Subs: Pinto, Xavi, Gudjohnsen, Eto'o, Sylvinho, Giovanni, Thuram.

Arsenal: Lehmann, Sagna, Toure, Gallas, Clichy, Eboue, Flamini, Fabregas, Hleb, Adebayor, Eduardo. Subs: Fabianski, Senderos, Denilson, Silva, Bendtner, Justin Hoyte, Walcott.

AC Milan: Kalac, Oddo, Nesta, Maldini, Kaladze, Pirlo, Gattuso, Kaka, Seedorf, Ambrosini, Alexandre Pato. Subs: Fiori, Emerson, Inzaghi, Gilardino, Jankulovski, Bonera, Brocchi.