LIVERPOOL will face Real Madrid in the last-16 of the Champions League in a repeat of last year’s final.
Real knocked out three English teams in last year’s competition.
Chelsea will play Borussia Dortmund, while Tottenham face AC Milan and Manchester City go up against RB Leipzig.
- Draw in full: RB Leipzig vs Man City, Club Brugge vs Benfica, Liverpool vs Real Madrid, AC Milan vs Tottenham, Eintracht Frankfurt vs Napoli, Borussia Dortmund vs Chelsea, Inter Milan vs Porto, Paris Saint-Germain vs Bayern Munich.
- First legs: February 14/15 and 21/22, 2023
- Second legs: March 7/8 and 14/15, 2023
- Europa League draw on straight afterwards as Manchester United learn their fate
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First time for everything
Chelsea will be facing Borussia Dormtund for the first time ever in European competition.
It will also be The Blues first meeting with German opposition since facing Bayern Munich in 2019/20.
Leipzig react
RB Leipzig have reacted to the news of their draw with Man City, and it’s good to see they have their sense of humour.
The German side posted a hilarious Simpsons meme that perfectly sums up the situation.
An old foe for Spurs
Antonio Conte will return to Italy against a familiar opponent in AC Milan.
Ivan Perisic, Rodrigo Bentancur, Dejan Kulusevski and Christian Romero will also be familiar with this Milan team due to being imports from the Serie A in recent years.
However, as a club, Tottenham have only ever played the Italian giants twice.
Those games came back in 2011 when Peter Crouch scored the only goal over a two-legged last-16 clash between the teams.
Hopefully, there will be a few more goals when the teams square up again next year.
Wary City
With drawing Leipzig, City will need to be wary of one man in particular; Christopher Nkunku.
The reason? He is one of just three players to have scored a hat-trick against Pep Guardiola’s Man City.
The other two names in that list are Lionel Messi and Jamie Vardy who managed the feat twice.
That being said, back in 2021 when Nkunku managed his trio City did smash double that past the Leipzig defence.
2020 final repeat
The other headliner tie is between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich.
The pair have regularly tussled in out in the latter stages of the competition in recent years.
Bayern edged out PSG in the 2020 final thanks to a Kingsley Coman strike.
But in their most recent encounter PSG knocked Bayern out in the quarter-finals thanks to scoring more away goals – a rule no longer in place in the competition.
Grudge match
With the draw made there are some tasty grudge matches set to take place.
Liverpool will no doubt be after revenge after Real Madrid beat them in the final last year.
Vinicius Jr’s goal and a Thibaut Courtois masterclass kept The Reds at bay that night.
But over two legs the tie may turn out differently.
Champions League draw
Let’s have a quick recap of the Champions League Last 16 draw:
RB Leipzig vs Manchester City
Club Brugge vs Benfica
Liverpool vs Real Madrid
AC Milan vs Tottenham
Eintracht Frankfurt vs Napoli
Borussia Dortmund vs Chelsea
Inter Milan vs Porto
Paris Saint-Germain vs Bayern Munich
Champions League draw
And that is Paris Saint-Germain vs Bayern Munich
Champions League draw
Paris Saint-Germain are set for a big match…
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Inter Milan vs Porto
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Inter Milan are up next to find out their opponent
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Borussia Dortmund vs Chelsea
Champions League draw
Borussia Dortmund are up next
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Eintracht Frankfurt vs Napoli
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Eintracht Frankfurt are the next team to learn their fate
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AC Milan vs Tottenham
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AC Milan are up next
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Liverpool vs Real Madrid!!!
What a pairing!
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Here come Liverpool
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Club Brugge vs Benfica
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Club Brugge are the next team out
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RB Leipzig vs Manchester City
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RB Leipzig are the first team drawn
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Former Bayern Munich and Real Madrid star Hamit Altintop comes out to help with the draw.
The Turkish legend represents his country as the Champions League Final takes place in Istanbul
Champions League draw
UEFA deputy General Secretary Giorgio Marchetti takes the floor as we approach the floor.
Marchetti also praises all the Champions League Last 16 qualifiers
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
