Dutch delight for Gunners

Steve McClaren's FC Twente face a nightmare draw against Arsenal in the Champions League third qualifying round.

McClaren, who just joined the Dutch outfit in the summer, has been given an almighty task of guiding his new charges to an improbable victory against the Gunners.

Liverpool, fresh from parading their new striker in Robbie Keane, will play last season's Belgian champions Standard Liege either on August 12 and 13, with the return legs on August 26 and 27.

The tie of the round will see German side Schalke 04 pit their wits against La Liga giants Atletico Madrid.

Champions League third qualifying round draw:

Anorthosis Famagusta/Rapid Vienna v Olympiacos

Vitoria Guimaraes v IFK Gothenburg/FC Basle

Shakhtar Donetsk v NK Domzale/Dinamo Zagreb

Schalke v Atletico Madrid

Aalborg/FK Modrica v Rangers/Kaunas

Barcelona v Beitar Jerusalem/Wisla Krakow

Levski Sofia v Anderlecht/BATE

Standard Liege v Liverpool

Inter Baku/FK Partizan v Fenerbahce/MTK Budapest

FC Twente v Arsenal

Spartak Moscow v Drogheda/Dinamo Kiev

Juventus v Tampere/Artmedia

Brann/Ventspils v Marseille

Fiorentina v Slavia Prague

Galatasaray v Steaua Bucharest

Panathinaikos/Dinamo Tbilisi v Sheriff Tiraspol/Sparta Prague


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