Manuel Pellegrini must have been looking for Mario Balotelli’s ‘Why Always Me’ T-shirt on Thursday night. Life could hardly get any worse for Manchester City in the Champions League. For the third successive season they were handed a ‘Group of Death’. There’s no sugar-coating it — Group E is gruesome, brutal, grim. If Pellegrini was to pick one scenario he didn’t want ahead of the draw, this wouldn’t have been far off. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Manchester City: Vincent Kompany wants the quadruple Deja vu: Manchester City and Bayern Munich will meet in the group stages for the third time in three years
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City face German giants Bayern Munich for a third time in four years
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Arsenal also handed tough draw but Chelsea given easy ride
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Ashley Cole and Frank Lampard could have a surprise re-union as City are also matched with Roma
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Despite difficult draw Txiki Beguiristan says the aim is to top the group
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In an uncanny twist, Roma and City crossing paths throws open the possibility of Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole going head-to-head for the first time since they left @placeholder this summer.