Champions League: Teams Arsenal, Man City, Real Madrid play next confirmed
Champions League: Teams Arsenal, Man City, Real Madrid play next confirmed
The Champions League group stages were completed on Wednesday night.
It has given fans a much better idea of who their teams will play in the knockout stages.
Pep Guardiola faces a potential return to Bayern Munich in the play-offs after his Manchester City side came from behind to beat Club Brugge 3-1 at the Etihad.
City and Celtic will play either Bayern Munich or Real Madrid for a chance to play Atletico Madrid or Bayer Leverkusen in the last 16.
Aston Villa finished in the top eight after Atalanta drew 2-2 with Barcelona and dropped into the play-offs.
This means Unai Emery’s men will face one of Atalanta, Borussia Dortmund, Sporting or Club Brugge in the last 16.
Liverpool finished top of the table despite losing 3-2 at PSV and will now face one of Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica, Monaco or Brest.
Arsenal could face one of AC Milan, PSV, Feyenoord or Juventus their possible last-16 opponents.
The play-offs have been scheduled for the weeks of February 11-12 and February 18-19.
The drew for the knockout play-offs will take place on Friday, January 31 and will determine opponents for clubs that finished between 9th and 24th.
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