The UEFA Champions League is back with SIX Premier League teams sitting at European football’s top table this season.
Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea, Newcastle United and Tottenham are competing for the biggest prize in club football this term and they will find out in today’s draw who they will be playing in the league phase of the competition.
Last season, Paris Saint-Germain finally ended their long wait to lift the famous trophy with their thrilling young side dismantling Inter Milan in the final and cementing their status as the best Europe has to offer.
While it looked like this PSG side were set to dominate for years to come, Chelsea demonstrated they can still be vulnerable with even Tottenham showing they can be got at in their recent Super Cup clash.
With Real Madrid and Barcelona both strengthening this summer and Bayern Munich undergoing something of a rebuild, the Champions League is as open as ever.
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Marseille draw
Liverpool, Real Madrid, Atalanta, Club Brugge, Ajax, Sporting CP, Newcastle, Union SG
Pot 3 and 4 remaining
Down to the final two pots now – Tottenham the focus from a Premier League perspective.
Villarreal fixtures
Manchester City, Dortmund, Juventus, Leverkusen, Ajax, Tottenham, Copenhagen, Pafos.
Atletico Madrid fixtures
Inter, Liverpool, Frankfurt, Arsenal, Bodo/Glimt, PSG, Union SG, Galatasaray.
Juventus fixtures
Dortmund, Real Madrid, Benfica, Villarreal, Sporting, Bodo/Glimt, Pafos, Monaco.
Eintracht Frankfurt Fixtures
Liverpool, Barcelona, Atalanta, Atletico Madrid, Tottenham, Napoli, Galatasaray and Qarabag.
Club Brugge fixtures
Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Arsenal, At Manichel, Marseille, Sporting, Monaco, Kirat.
Atalanta fixtures
Chelsea, PSG, Club Brugge, Frankfurt, Slavia Prague, Marseille, Athletic Club, Union SG
Benfica fixtures
Real Madrid, Chelsea, Leverkusen, Juventus, Napoli, Ajax, Qarabag and Newcastle.
Bayer Leverkusen fixtures
Before the Gunners, we had Leverkusen’s draw. For the Bundesliga side, it will be:
PSG, Manchester City, Villarreal, Benfica, PSV, Olympiacos, Newcastle, Copenhagen
Arsenal learn their draw
Bavaria Munich, Inter, Atletico Madrid, Club Brugge, Olympiacos, Slavia Praha, Cairat, Athletic Club
A fairly decent draw for Mikel Arteta’s side, you would have to say
Time for pot two
Last year’s semi-finalists Arsenal are in this batch…
Manchester City fixtures
Dortmund, Real Madrid, Leverkusen, Villarreal, Potoli, Bodo/Glimt, Galatasaray, Monaco
Defending champions next
Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Atalanta, Leverkusen, Tottenham, Sporting, Newcastle and Athletic Club for PSG.
Barca next up
PSG, Chelsea, Frankfurt, Club Brugge, Olympiacos, Slavia powder, Copenhagen, Newcastle.
Liverpool discover draw
Real Madrid, Inter, Atletico Madrid, Frankfurt, PSV, Marseille, Qarabag and Galatasaray for the Premier League champions
Borussia Dortmund fixtures
Inter, Manchester City, Villarreal, Juventus, Bodo/Glimt, Tottenham, Athletic Club, Copenhagen.
Inter Milan now
Liverpool, Dortmund, Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Slavia Praha, Ajax, Kairat and Union SG for the Italian Side.
Real Madrid drawn next
- Manchester City (h)
- Liverpool (a)
- Juventus (H)
- Benfica
- Marseille (h)
- Olympiacos (a)
- Monaco (h)
- Kairat (a)
Another game at Anfield beckons…
Chelsea learn their fate
The first Premier League side is up. Here is their draw
- Barcelona (h)
- Bayern Munich (a)
- Benfica (h)
- Atalanta (a)
- Ajax (h)
- Naples (a)
- Pafos (h)
- Garabag (a)
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