UEFA CUP DRAW FOR LAST 32: THE PROSPECT of an all-English clash between Aston Villa and Tottenham in the Uefa Cup has been thrown up by the draw for the first knock-out round - but both clubs have to see off testing opponents from eastern Europe first. Villa face CSKA Moscow in the round of 32, while Spurs have to play Shakhtar Donetsk of the Ukraine.

The draw appears to have handed Manchester City the better chance of becoming the first English side since Liverpool in 2001 to win the tournament after they were paired with FC Copenhagen.

Villa's opponents CSKA won the competition in 2005. Tottenham's draw is similarly uncomfortable - Shakhtar Donetsk drop down from the Champions League where they finished third in their group, but achieved decent results including a victory over Barcelona away.

Should Manchester 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.

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 beat German sides 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.

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 FC Twente face French side Marseille.