A busy old day so far and somewhat overshadowed by the Champions League draw is the news that City have been drawn at home to Aston Villa in the third round of the Capital One Cup in a tie due to be played the week of 24th September.
The full draw is as follows:
Man Utd v Newcastle
Man City v Aston Villa
MK Dons v Sunderland
West Brom v Liverpool
Crawley v Swansea
QPR v Reading
Norwich v Doncaster
Bradford v Burton
Preston v Middlesbrough
Arsenal v Coventry
Southampton v Sheff Wed
Chelsea v Wolves
Carlisle v Tottenham
Swindon v Burnley
West Ham v Wigan
Leeds v Everton