New-look Champions League Draw: Clubs discover league phase opponents

The draw for the league phase of the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League took place on Thursday, with all 36 teams discovering their opponents.

Each team plays eight fixtures in the ‘league phase’, with this year’s men’s tournament seeing a radical change, including the end of a group stage.

The high-tech draw took place in Monaco, with Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo pressing the all-important button to make a computer algorithm determine the fixtures.

Holders Real Madrid will take on Liverpool among seven other sides as Manchester City and Arsenal both play Paris St-Germain in their fixtures.

The order of matches will be confirmed on Saturday, after the Europa League and Conference League draws have been made.

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For English teams, their opponents are as follows:

MANCHESTER CITY play Inter Milan (home), PSG (away), Club Bruges (home), Juventus (away), Feyenoord (home), Sporting Lisbon (away), Sparta Prague (home), Slovan Bratislava (away).

LIVERPOOL play Real Madrid (home), Leipzig (away), Bayer Leverkusen (home), AC Milan (away), Lille (home), PSV (away), Bologna (home), Girona (away).

ARSENAL play PSG (home), Inter Milan (away), Shakhtar Donetsk (home), Atalanta (away), Dinamo Zagreb (home), Sporting Lisbon (away), Monaco (home), Girona (away).

ASTON VILLA play Bayern Munich (home), Leizpig (away), Juventus (home), Club Bruges (away), Celtic (home), Young Boys (away), Bologna (home), Monaco (away).

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