Champions League draw LIVE: Liverpool, Chelsea and Man City learn fate
The Premier League sides learnt their quarter-final opponents as Chelsea drew Real Madrid, Man City got Atletico and Liverpool will play Benfica
Follow the Champions League quarter-final draw live with the Premier League’s contingent down to three as European champions Chelsea are joined by Liverpool and Man City, who were beaten in last year’s final by the Blues in Porto.
Chelsea drew Real Madrid, Man City got Atletico and Liverpool will play Benfica in the last-eight, with Villarreal v Bayern Munich completing the schedule.
In the last-16, Jurgen Klopp’s side eased past Inter Milan despite losing the second leg at Anfield thanks to a stunner from Lautaro Martinez, while Pep Guardiola’s Premier League champions had far too much for Sporting, with Thomas Tuchel masterminding Chelsea past Lille amid off-the-field issues concerning the impending takeover of the club following sanctions from the UK government on Roman Abramovich.
The trio not only discovered their quarter-final opponents, but the route to the final in Paris as well, with the winner of Man City/Atletico Madrid facing Chelsea/Real Madrid in the first semi-final and the winner of Benfica/Liverpool vs Villarreal/Bayern Munich the other last-four clash.
The draw in Nyon, Switzerland, takes place at 11:00 GMT, you can follow live build-up and the latest updates from both the quarter-final and semi-final draw below:
Europa League draw
Another German club, Eintracht Frankfurt, is drawn at home for the first leg of the second quarter-final. They face Barcelona!
Europa League draw
Okay, here we go.
RB Leipzig are first out of the pot. After Barcelona they are the second favourites to win this competition. The German side will play Atalanta in the first quarter-final.
Europa League draw
Giorgio Marchetti is welcomed back on stage and makes a point of how diverse the last eight is this year with seven different nations represented across the clubs.
Three-time Europa League winner, Andres Palop, will be drawing out the teams.
Europa League draw
We’ve got another simple draw with no seedings and no country restrictions.
The two-legged quarter-finals will take place on 7th and 14th April, the semi-finals are on 28th April and 5th May with the final in Sevilla’s Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium coming on Wednesday 18th May.
Europa League draw
Owen Hargreaves speaking about Rangers on BT Sport: “At Ibrox, anything is possible because that crowd is unlike almost any other crowd. No team’s going to want to go there. They’re well organised, got good attacking players.”
Europa League draw
West Ham are ready from the quarter-final draw. They could come up against British opposition in the last eight as Rangers have exceeded expectations to reach this stage. How far can the Scottish side go?
Moyes on knocking out Sevilla
David Moyes says he wasn’t surprised that his West Ham team defeated six-time Europa League winners, Sevilla, in the last-16 despite losing the first leg 1-0 away from home. He said:
I wasn’t surprised about us getting the result last night because I felt we could do it, against a really good, experienced team.
“We have to just take Sunday like any other game and the importance of it.”
Who is in the Europa League draw?
Germany have the most teams in the Europa League last eight (two) but the rest of the teams come from all over Europe. Here are the teams remaining in the draw:
Atalanta (ITA) Barcelona (ESP) Braga (POR) Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) RB Leipzig (GER) Lyon (FRA) Rangers (SCO) West Ham (ENG)
David Moyes on Europa League draw
Speaking ahead of West Ham’s Premier League trip to Tottenham on Sunday, manager David Moyes touched on today’s Europa League draw saying:
“They might all want to play West Ham because they see us as novices in this competition! I think if you’re going to play us, you know you’re in for a game.
“We always want to challenge the best teams and did so against Sevilla and over the two legs just about did it.
“Whoever we get, we’re looking forward to it. We’ll challenge anybody who comes along. After seeing London Stadium the way it was last night, it would be good to have the second leg at home.”
David Moyes backs ‘massive’ West Ham to keep improving after Sevilla triumph
David Moyes saluted a “massive” performance from West Ham United after they stunned Sevilla to reach the quarter-finals of the Europa League.
Andriy Yarmolenko climbed off the bench to sink the LaLiga side as the Hammers prolonged their European adventure with a dramatic extra-time win.
West Ham, debutants in the knockout stage of the Europa League, became the first English team to beat the six-time winners in the tournament at a raucous London Stadium.
Trailing 1-0 from the first leg, Tomas Soucek headed West Ham level in the first half and, on a genuine European glory night reminiscent of Upton Park in its heyday, Yarmolenko fired the Hammers to a 2-1 aggregate victory and into a historic quarter-final.
Moyes, referencing the club’s new unofficial anthem, said: “Tonight we were massive, the way we played. We deserved it in the end. It was a really great night and one we really enjoyed. The story tonight was the team.
David Moyes backs ‘massive’ West Ham to keep improving after Sevilla triumph
Andriy Yarmolenko climbed off the bench to send the Hammers into the Europa League quarter-finals
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