Champions League draw start time: When will Liverpool, Manchester United, Man City and Spurs learn their fixtures plus TV channel info
Here's everything you need to know about the quarter and semi-final draws
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Your support makes all the difference.Just eight teams are left in this season’s Champions League and, for the first time in years, the tournaments looks to be wide open.
Four English teams are still remaining in the tournament, with Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur all still in contention.
Both City and Spurs coasted into the last eight. Tottenham stunned German side Borussia Dortmund 4-0 over two legs, while Pep Guardiola’s City annihilated Schalke 10-2.
Manchester United meanwhile progressed in more dramatic circumstances. After losing the first leg of their tie with Paris Saint-Germain 2-0, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side battled back to win 3-1 in the French capital, to progress on away goals.
And Liverpool beat Bayern Munich on the road to keep alive their hopes of going one better than last season. Here is everything you need to know about the forthcoming draw.
When is the Champions League quarter-final draw?
The draw will take place on Friday 15 March at 11.00am GMT.
The semi-final draw will then take place immediately afterwards.
As usual, the draw will be held in Nyon, Switzerland – the home of Uefa.
How can I watch the draw?
The draw will be shown live on BT Sport 2.
You will also be able to stream the draw via Uefa.com.
And join us at The Independent for the latest news, updates and reaction from Switzerland.
Which teams are in the quarter-final draw?
- Ajax (Netherlands)
- Barcelona (Spain)
- Juventus (Italy)
- Liverpool (England)
- Manchester City (England)
- Manchester United (England)
- Porto (Portugal)
- Tottenham Hotspur (England)
How does the draw work?
There is no seeding or country protection in the Champions League quarter-final or semi-final draw.
The semi-final draw takes place immediately afterwards, meaning teams will immediately know their potential paths to the final.
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For those just joining us on here, as we reach the half way stage of our team profiles for the Champions League draw, remember that it is not the only European draw taking place today.
Arsenal and Chelsea will be the English representatives in the Europa League draw at midday after they overcame Rennes and Dynamo Kiev in the last 16.
So stick around afterwards once Man United, Liverpool, Man City and Spurs have found out their fate!
Manchester City
Pep Guardiola will not entertain talk of the quadruple quite yet, but no trophy would please the Catalan more than that of Europe’s elite competition.
The Premier League leaders have already secured the League Cup, and with an FA-Cup quarter-final also on the horizon, the possibility is by no means dead.
City handed out the most devastating dismantling of any side in the previous round of this competition though, recording a 10-2 aggregate score over Schalke, which included a 7-0 win at the Etihad in the second leg.
And they will hope that by showcasing their relentless attacking threat, they can record a much-coveted first Champions League title.
Manchester United
We’ve already discussed the comebacks of Juventus and Ajax in the previous round of Champions League, but none caused as much debate as Manchester United’s passage into the quarter-finals.
The Red Devils looked well off the pace of the European elite when Presnel Kimpembe and Kylian Mbappe’s goals put PSG 2-0 ahead going into a home second leg.
However, United’s spirit and class was on another level in Paris as Romelu Lukaku’s double saw them into a 2-1 lead on the night after Juan Bernat’s equaliser, but still going out.
That was before THE penalty. Was it or was it not? No one still seems to know, but Marcus Rashford’s penalty ensured United are alive and well in Europe to match their domestic form as they contest a top-our spot and the FA Cup.
Lukaku, Rashford and Paul Pogba are joint top scorers for United in the competition, and all of them have been reenergised following the appointment of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to replace Jose Mourinho.
Ousmane Dembele responds to rumours he is set to three to four weeks of action, including the Champions League quarter-finals.
"You don't know anything."
He might know a thing or two about winning it I guess.
The Portuguese won the competition with Real Madrid in 2002.
Porto
Another Champions League team mounting another comeback, Porto secured their quarter-final berth after toppling Roma in the last 16.
In the absence of Vincent Aboubakar and Moussa Marega in the first leg, the Primeira Liga champions left Rome dejected after a 2-1 defeat.
But Sergio Conceicao’s men rallied and secured a 3-1 victory at the Estadio do Dragao thanks to a 117th minute penalty from Alex Telles after the game went to extra time.
Eder Miltao, who agreed to sign for Real Madrid yesterday for £42.7m, has helped the Portuguese champions into the quarter-finals, while Marega tops the goalscoring charts for them.
Vying for a domestic double and supremacy over rivals Benfica is a huge incentive for the 2004 Champions League to extend their run in the competition, and their duo up front will be a combination that no defence will want to face.
Tottenham Hotspur
A mouth-watering tie against Borussia Dortmund for Spurs in the last 16 failed to live up to expectations, such was Mauricio Pochettino’s side’s dominance against the German side.
A 3-0 victory for Spurs at Wembley, thanks to goals from Son, Jan Vertonghen and Fernando Llorente, all but rendered the second leg a dead rubber, but that did not stop their top scorer Harry Kane from securing a 1-0 win at Signal Iduna Park.
Having already faced Barcelona in the group-stage this season, Pochettino’s men are used to the big occasion and are just one step away from equalling their European Cup best of reaching the semi-finals in 1962.
Despite their delayed stadium move, lack of recruitment and a number of injuries, Spurs have excelled in all competitions once again this season and their European achievements this season have been a testament to that.
Fifteen minutes-to-go klaxon before those all-important balls are drawn in Switzerland.
The teams in the last eight have 23 European trophies between them, 10 of which have come from the Premier League sides.
Will we see that become 11 this season?
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