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Your support makes all the difference.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.
Atletico vs Liverpool and Real Madrid vs Manchester City immediately leap off the page. Very different clubs, very different managers, very different styles. They should be great to watch.
Chelsea vs Bayern Munich also feels huge, especially given the history between those clubs, a history Frank Lampard will know well. Tottenham have the best draw of the English quartet, undoubtedly, but Leipzig are going well this season and that will be a fascinating match-up on the touchline between the old skulduggery of Jose Mourinho and the new-wave mastery of Julian Nagelsmann.
I haven't even mentioned Dortmund vs PSG yet. That sounds like one of those games that happens every year but they haven't actually played each other since a Europa League pair of games in 2011. What inventive way will PSG come up with to get knocked out this year? Thrilled to find out.
What a great draw for Atalanta, by the way. Their first ever Champions League campaign and they manage to pull Valencia in the round of 16. You could say the same for Valencia, of course, who will be pleased to have avoided Chelsea, Tottenham and Dortmund. What we know is that one of those two will be in the quarter-finals.
The draw hasn't significantly changed the odds for this year's Champions League winner. Manchester City are still pipping Liverpool, which I still find a bit odd. Barcelona, Bayern and PSG in close attendance.
Here's Kelly Smith teeing up Real Madrid for Manchester City to take on.
So, one final reminder of the Champions League draw before we turn our attention to the Europa League.
Dortmund vs PSG Real Madrid vs Manchester City Atalanta vs Valencia Atletico vs Liverpool Chelsea vs Bayern Munich Lyon vs Juventus Tottenham vs Leipzig Napoli vs Barcelona
So, here comes the Europa League draw.
The seeded 16 teams are: Ajax, Arsenal, Basel, Benfica, Braga, Celtic, Espanyol, Gent, Internazionale Milano, İstanbul Başakşehir, LASK, Malmö, Manchester United, Porto, Salzburg, Sevilla.
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