Champions League draw LIVE: Liverpool, Chelsea, Man City and Tottenham learn last 16 fixtures today
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Follow live coverage of the Champions League last-16 draw today.
Reigning European champions Liverpool take on Atletico Madrid after topping their group. Premier League champions Manchester City are rewarded for the same with a two-legged tie with Real Madrid. Chelsea finished second in Group H and now must face Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich in the last-16. Tottenham Hotspur were handed the most favourable draw with a clash with RB Leipzig up next.
Elsewhere Barcelona play Napoli and Borussia Dortmund will take Paris Saint-Germain. We'll have all the latest reaction for you right here:
Borussia Dortmund vs PSG
Real Madrid vs Manchester City
Atalanta vs Valencia
Atletico vs Liverpool
Chelsea vs Bayern Munich
Lyon vs Juventus
Tottenham vs RB Leipzig
Napoli vs Barcelona
The last 16 fixtures begin on 18-19 February and 25-26 February, with the second legs concluding the ties on 10-11 March and 17-18 March.
A reminder that the Europa League draw will follow the Champions League draw, which kicks off in half an hour. Arsenal, Manchester United and Wolves all find themselves in the mix of 32 teams, but it also features some dangerous opponents like Inter Milan and Ajax. There is bound to be a couple of belting ties in there, you would think.
Here's Jose Mourinho on the Champions League draw. He tends to be at his best when his side is an underdog, and Tottenham are certainly that right now.
Here's Liverpool following that extraordinary win over Barcelona back in April. Still not entirely sure why this lot are not favourites. The one place you would not want to go in this round-of-16 draw is surely Anfield.
A reminder of the seeded clubs in this draw:
- Barcelona (ESP: Group F)
- Bayern München (GER: Group B)
- Juventus (ITA: Group D)
- Leipzig (GER: Group G)
- Liverpool (ENG, holders: Group E)
- Manchester City (ENG: Group C)
- Paris Saint-Germain (FRA: Group A)
- Valencia (ESP: Group H)
And the unseeded sides:
- Atalanta (ITA: Group C)
- Atlético (ESP: Group D)
- Chelsea (ENG: Group H)
- Dortmund (GER: Group F)
- Lyon (FRA: Group G)
- Napoli (ITA: Group E)
- Real Madrid (ESP: Group A)
- Tottenham Hotspur (ENG: Group B)
Who would you like to see paired together? Atalanta vs Leizpig would be fun, two ambitious teams who play good football. Seeing Jadon Sancho in England would be fun, perhaps against Liverpool?
So here comes the draw, very shortly. A reminder that you cannot be drawn against a club from your own nation, so there will be no Liverpool vs Chelsea throwbacks in this round, and likewise you cannot face the other club who qualified from your group.
Here we go... I'm fairly excited. Let's not go overboard.
Kelly Smith, of England fame, is in the building to assist the usual Uefa suits with the draw.
Hamit Altıntop is the special guest, a Turkey legend who is talking up the 'road to Istanbul 2020'. I can report he still has luscious hair and cheekbones to grate cheese with.
A small, dry man is going through "draw procedure". He looks like he's giving incredibly sad news. Right, now the draw, hopefully.
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