The UEFA Champions League draw is done, with all six Premier League teams discovering their fate for this season’s league phase.
Arsenal, who reached the semi-finals last year, will host Bayern Munich andAtletico Madrid at the Emirates and can also look forward to a trip to face last year’s runners-up, Inter Milan.
Chelsea, meanwhile, can look forward to a blockbuster clash with Barcelona at Stamford Bridge, as well as a trip to Germany to face Bayern and a reunion with Antonio Conte when they face Napoli in Naples.
Elsewhere, Liverpool will welcome Real Madrid – and Trent Alexander-Arnold – back to Anfield in another blockbuster clash between the two European giants.
Manchester City, meanwhile, will travel to the Bernabeu to take on the 15-time champions and also host Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen and Napoli at home.
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Tottenham are back in the Champions League after their Europa League triumph, and Thomas Frank’s side have been granted a favourable draw, which features a trip to Paris to take on the defending champions.
And completing the English intrigue is Newcastle United, who will welcome Barcelona to St James’ Park and, like Spurs, have a trip to the Parc des Princes to look forward to.
For every side’s draw for this season’s Champions League, check out Metro’s blog below:
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Goodbye for now
And we’ll draw our coverage to a close for now. Some huge fixtures in there and plenty of intriguing storylines to look forward to. Stay tuned across Metro‘s channels for all the fallout to today’s draw.
And that is that!
And breathe.
After a slow start, that was all rather hectic. A reminder that the dates for the matches will be confirmed on Saturday.
Kairat Almaty fixtures
And last but not least, the Kazakh champions who will face:
Real Madrid, Inter, Club Brugge, Arsenal, Olympiacos, Sporting CP, Pafos, Copenhagen
Copenhagen to play
Dortmund, Barcelona, Leverkusen, Villarreal, Napoli, Tottenham, Kairat, Qarabag
Pafos fixtures
Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Villarreal, Juventus, Slavia Prague, Olympiacos, Monaco, Kairat
Union SG fixtures
Inter, Bayern, Atalanta, Atletico, Marseille, PSV, Newcastle, Galatasaray
Newcastle fixtures
And the final Premier League club have their draw confirmed:
Barcelona, PSG, Benfica, Leverkusen, PSV, Marseille, Athletic Club, Union SG
Galatasaray will play
Liverpool, Manchester City, Atletico, Frankfurt, Bodo/Glimt, Ajax, Union SG, Monaco
Monaco fixtures
Manchester City, Real Madrid, Juventus, Club Brugge, Tottenham, Bodo/Glimt, Galatasaray, Pafos
Qarabag will face
Chelsea, Liverpool, Frankfurt, Benfica, Ajax, Napoli, Copenhagen, Athletic Club
Athletic Club fixtures
PSG, Dortmund, Arsenal, Atalanta, Sporting CP, Slavia Prague, Qarabag, Newcastle
Pot 4 to conclude
We’re flying through this draw and just have the final pot to go – we already know most of Newcastle’s fixtures, but we’ll get full confirmation shortly.
Napoli the final one for Pot 3
Chelsea, Manchester City, Frankfurt, Benfica, Sporting CP, PSV, Qarabag, Copenhagen for the Italian champions.
PSV fixtures
Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Atletico, Leverkusen, Napoli, Olympiacos, Union SG, Newcastle
Slavia Prague fixtures
Barcelona, Inter, Arsenal, Atalanta, Bodo/Glimt, Tottenham, Athletic Club, Pafos
Ajax set to face
Inter, Chelsea, Benfica, Villarreal, Olympiacos, Marseille, Galatasaray, Qarabag
Olympiacos fixtures
Real Madrid, Barcelona, Leverkusen, Arsenal, PSV, Ajax, Pafos, Kairat
Sporting to play
PSG, Bayern Munich, Club Brugge, Juventus, Marseille, Napoli, Kairat, Athletic Club
Bodo/Glimt draw
Manchester City, Dortmund, Juventus, Atletico, Tottenham, Slavia Prague, Monaco, Galatasaray
Tottenham’s opponents revealed
Dortmund, PSG, Villarreal, Frankfurt, Slavia Prague, Bodo/Glimt, Copenhagen, Monaco
A fairly encouraging set of fixtures for Thomas Frank’s side.
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