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Arsenal will face a daunting return to the site of one of their biggest ever European defeats with a tie against AC Milan in the Europa League’s last-16.In the stand-out tie of Friday’s draw, Arsene Wenger’s men were handed a trip to the San Siro, where they were hammered 4-0 in 2012.Arsenal will head for Milan on Thursday, March 8 before the return leg at the Emirates seven days later in their first real test in the Europa League. Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal side will take on AC Milan in the last-16 of the Europa League It means he will take on AC Milan’s manager Gennaro Gattuso when the two teams meet Barcelona legend Eric Abidal drew the two teams out of the hat on Friday afternoon Abidal plucked out Milan first before picking Arsenal as the away team in the draw RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 2 Next AC MILAN Q&A: How are the fallen giants coping this… Arsene Wenger has never won the League Cup, but he’s still… Arsenal and Manchester City fans will get new VAR alert… Arsene Wenger confident Mesut Ozil and Aaron Ramsey will be… Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger hits back at Roy Keane claim that… Share this article Share 3.5k shares FULL EUROPA LEAGUE LAST-16 DRAW Lazio v Dynamo KievRB Leipzig v Zenit St. PetersburgAtletico Madrid v Lokomotiv MoscowCSKA Moscow v LyonMarseille v Athletic BilbaoSporting Lisbon v Viktoria PlzenBorussia Dortmund v Red Bull SalzburgAC Milan v Arsenal First-leg date: March 8Second-leg date: March 15 Seven-time European Cup winners Milan are seventh in Serie A but are unbeaten in their last 11 games and have not lost in any competition this year.Manager Gennaro Gattuso, the former Italy midfielder, has overseen an upturn in form since taking over from Vincenzo Montella in late November.Speaking after the draw on Friday, Milan team manager Christian Abbiati suggested Wenger’s current team are ‘not the Arsenal of the past’ when considering the two clubs’ history.Milan beat Arsenal 4-0 at the San Siro in February 2012 – still their joint-biggest losing margin in a European game – before the Gunners won the second leg 3-0 in a result that wasn’t enough to prevent a Champions League exit. Gattuso famously clashed with then-Tottenham assistant manager Joe Jordan in 2011 The fiery midfield general ended up headbutting the former Manchester United player’It’s a fascinating, historic tie with Arsenal. It will be a beautiful match,’ Abbiati said. ‘It’s not the Arsenal of the past, but to face them at this moment is positive for us, despite the tour de force we’re experiencing.’The last meeting? We won 4-0 at home and then in London for the return leg it was a disaster, we lost 3-0 and we risked going out.’ Milan, who spent £153million on new players last summer, have not won in their last six visits to England and have only won away at a Premier League club once in 16 meetings. Thursday, March 8 – 6pm: AC Milan vs Arsenal Thursday, March 15 – 8.05pm: Arsenal vs AC Milan AC MILAN Q&A AHEAD OF GAM
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