Champions League draw in full: Liverpool, Manchester United, Man City, Tottenham quarter-final fixtures confirmed
The draw was concluded in Nyon
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Your support makes all the difference.Tottenham and Manchester City will face each other in an all-English quarter-final of the Champions League next month.
Last year's beaten finalists Liverpool received arguably the most favourable draw after being paired with Porto, while Manchester United face a daunting tie against Barcelona.
United and Liverpool will meet in the semi-finals if they reach the last four, with Tottenham or Manchester City facing the winner of the quarter-final between Ajax and Juventus.
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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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