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 Leage draw
One final reminder of the Europa League quarter-finals:
RB Leipzig vs Atalanta
Frankfurt vs Barcelona
West Ham vs Lyon
Braga vs Rangers
The fixtures take place over two-legs on 7th and 14th April.
West Ham to face in Europa League quarter-finals
West Ham have been drawn against Lyon in the Europa League quarter-finals.
It is the first time the Hammers have been drawn against a French side in a major European competition, although they did beat Metz in an Intertoto Cup final in 1999.
The London Stadium is just getting used to European football, imagine what it would be like if David Moyes’ side set up a potential semi-final against Barcelona?
West Ham draw Lyon in Europa League quarter-finals, Rangers to face Braga
West Ham will face Lyon in the Europa League quarter-finals, while Rangers were drawn against Braga.
The Hammers will host the French side in the first leg at the London Stadium before facing a trip to France the following week. If the Premier League side advance, they could play Barcelona in the semi-finals after they were selected in the same half of the draw.
Barcelona, the favourites for the competition, were drawn with Frankfurt while RB Leipzig will play Atalanta.
West Ham draw Lyon in Europa League quarter-finals, Rangers to face Braga
The winner of the Europa League quarter-final will face either Barcelona or Frankfurt in the semi-finals
Europa League draw
West Ham face Lyon in the quarter-finals of the Europa League in what will be a difficult game. If they manage to progress through that they could face Barcelona in the semi-finals.
Rangers menwhile have a decent tie when they come up against Portuguese side Braga. At this stage of the competition no game is easy but Rangers will be over the moon with that draw.
The two British sides have been drawn on opposite sides of the competition meaning that the only way they can meet is if both reach the final.
Europa League draw
Finally, the home side for the Europa League final is going to be the winner of semi-final 2.
Europa League draw
The second semi-final looks like this:
Quarter-final 4 (West Ham vs Lyon) vs Quarter-final 2 (Eintracht Frankfurt vs Barcelona)
Europa League draw
Now for the semi-final draw. Each quarter-final has been numbered 1-4 and the numbers are drawn out to complete the semi-final fixtures.
Quarter-final 1 (RB Leipzig vs Atalanta) play Quarter-final 4 (Braga vs Rangers)
Europa League draw
Here is the Europa League quarter-final draw in full:
RB Leipzig vs Atalanta
Eintracht Frankfurt vs Barcelona
West Ham vs Lyon
Braga vs Rangers
Europa League draw
Finally, Braga are drawn at home in quarter-final four against Rangers.
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