{"id":316002,"date":"2018-12-18T08:47:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T13:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=316002"},"modified":"2018-12-18T10:26:19","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T15:26:19","slug":"uefa-champions-league-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2018\/12\/18\/uefa-champions-league-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"UEFA Champions League Draw: Liverpool Travel to Bayern Munich as English Teams Face Tricky Knockout Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three of the four English teams in the Champions League were drawn with German opposition as <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/feeds\/liverpoolfootball-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liverpool<\/a> travel to <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/bayern-munich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bayern Munich<\/a> in the highlight of the Last 16 draw. Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/feeds\/manchestercityfootball-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester City<\/a> travel to Schalke,<a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/feeds\/manchesterunitedfootball-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Manchester United<\/a> are to play French giants <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/paris-saint-germain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paris Saint-Germain<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/feeds\/tottenhamfootball-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tottenham<\/a> have drawn Borussia Dortmund.<\/p>\n<h1>UEFA Champions League Draw: Liverpool Travel to Bayern Munich as English Teams Face Tricky Knockout Games<\/h1>\n<h2>Full Draw<\/h2>\n<p>Schalke v Manchester City<\/p>\n<p>Atletico Madrid v <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/juventus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Juventus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Manchester United v Paris Saint-Germain<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham v Borussia Dortmund<\/p>\n<p>Lyon v <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barcelona<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Roma v Porto<\/p>\n<p>Ajax v <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/real-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Real Madrid<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Liverpool v Bayern Munich<\/p>\n<h2>The Draw<\/h2>\n<p>Last years runners-up Liverpool will face the toughest task of all English teams as they play Bayern.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham and Manchester City will also face trips to Germany to face Dortmund and Schalke. Both teams will enter the two legs as favourites but by no means have a walkover.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs will travel to one of Europe&#8217;s most hostile stadiums in the Westfalenstadion and match up against England starlet Jadon Sancho.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Manchester City face Schalke. They will be confident of winning the tie comfortably as Schalke struggle in the bottom half of the Bundesliga.<\/p>\n<p>Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Edinson Cavani will go to the north west of England again having already faced Liverpool in the group stage. They match up against Manchester United for the first time in a Champions League game.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, dark horses Lyon host Barcelona first. The Catalan Giants will no doubt be favourites but should be wary of the attacking excitement from France. Lyon played very impressively against Manchester City and look the real deal.<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid&#8217;s quest for a fourth Champions League in a row starts with an away trip to the Netherlands. They face Ajax for the first time since the 2013 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish giants Atletico Madrid have another high profile game after drawing the Old Lady of Juventus. This will be an eagerly anticipated game which promises so much.<\/p>\n<p>Main\u00a0Photo\u00a0<a id=\"No7oRKXIQA5KaBD5JhzcQw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/903877874\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'No7oRKXIQA5KaBD5JhzcQw',sig:'ELOellB4R4WPEMYDcXu8hiv9398oCYc6xwA_Tm6eKq4=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'903877874',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three of the four English teams in the Champions League were drawn with German opposition as Liverpool travel to Bayern Munich in the highlight of the Last 16 draw. Meanwhile, Manchester City travel to Schalke, Manchester United are to play French giants Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham have drawn Borussia Dortmund. 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