EAGLE-EYED viewers spotted the Champions League draw script before the ceremony after a behind the scenes snap was shared.
Presenter Reshmin Chowdhury gave the fans an insight by posting on her Instagram story.
The story shows the stage being set alongside the Champions League trophy and then pans down to a script on the presenter’s iPad.
Chowdhury captioned the story with “Final rehearsals” alongside a pair of eyes staring emoji.
The script on the iPad showed instructions for the presenter with what to say between each draw.
The words on the script read: “Thank you Giorgio. So we now have our first teams in their groups. Lets take a look at the clubs in Pot 2.”
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Those were then the exact words Chowdhury used when the actual draw was held.
Fans online were quick to heap praise on Reshmin’s dress.
This evening’s draw threw up some surprises, with a group of death for Newcastle who were drawn alongside PSG, AC Milan and Borussia Dortmund in Group F.
Manchester United also got a slightly tricky draw after being drawn in Group A.
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They will face-off against former top-striker target Harry Kane when they face Bayern Munich.
The remaining two teams won’s be straightforward either as they take on Turkish giants Galatasaray and Danish champions Copenhagen.
Arsenal have been rewarded for their return to the Champions League with an extremely winnable group.
They’ve been drawn in Group B alongside Sevilla, PSV and Lens.
Fans will continue to joke about Manchester City getting an easy group, which in fairness was helped by their champions status putting them in pot one.
They will once again face off against RB Leipzig as well as Red Star Belgrade and Swiss side Young Boys.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
