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Champions League draw LIVE: Man City, Liverpool, Arsenal and Aston Villa learn fixtures ahead of new format

The draw for the new-look, 36-team league phase was held at a special ceremony in Monte Carlo

Karl Matchett,Jamie Braidwood
Thursday 29 August 2024 15:48 EDT
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Everything you need to know about new Champions League format

A new era of the Champions League arrives as the draw is held for the inaugural 36-team format.

The old group stage is out, with a new-look league phase arriving to bring what Uefa hope will be a more exciting first stage of the competition. As usual, teams cannot face opponents from their country, but there are some blockbuster ties as for the first time clubs can face rivals from the same pot - meaning that Liverpool have been paired with Real Madrid while Manchester City will face two Italian giants, among others. Meanwhile, Aston Villa face Celtic in a classic battle of Britain.

Follow all the reaction from the Champions League draw in our live blog below:

Arsenal face PSG and Liverpool to play Real Madrid: Champions League draw in full

Arsenal will take on European giants PSG and Inter Milan in the brand new league phase of the Champions League.

The Gunners will also take on Shakhtar Donetsk, Atalanta, Dinamo Zagreb, Sporting CP, Monaco and Girona in the new league stage where teams will have eight fixtures.

Liverpool will host Real Madrid in a spectacular encounter at Anfield and will take on RB Leipzig away from home. They will also host Bayer Leverkusen and travel to the San Siro to face AC Milan.

Manchester City face PSG and Juventus away from home as well as Inter Milan at the Etihad in their most eye-catching matches.

Aston Villa will host German giants Bayern Munich in a glamour tie at Villa Park and will also host Juventus and Scottish champions Celtic. Unai Emery’s side also travel to RB Leipzig.

Arsenal face PSG and Liverpool to play Real Madrid Champions League draw in full

All four English teams found out their fate in the brand new league phase of the Champions League

Karl Matchett29 August 2024 18:30

Champions League draw LIVE

To recap, all four Premier League sides’ fixtures in full:

Arsenal: PSG h, Inter Milan a, Shakhtar h, Atalanta a, Dinamo h, Sporting CP a, Monaco h, Girona a.

Aston Villa: Bayern Munich h, RB Leipzig a, Juventus h, Club Brugge a, Celtic h, Young Boys a, Bologna h, Monaco a.

Liverpool: Real Madrid h, RB Leipzig a, Bayer Leverkusen h, AC Milan a, Lille h, PSV a, Bologna h, Girona a.

Man City: Inter Milan h, PSG a, Club Brugge h, Juventus a, Feyenoord h, Sporting CP a, Sparta Praha h, Slovan Bratislava a.

Karl Matchett29 August 2024 18:10

Champions League draw LIVE

That’s it - the full draw is in and the fixtures for every club are known...at least in opponent terms.

The actual schedule and dates will be known at the weekend, once the draws for the Europa and Conference Leagues are both also done.

Karl Matchett29 August 2024 18:06

Champions League draw LIVE

Brest: Real Madrid h, Barcelona a, Leverkusen h, Shakhtar a, PSV h, Salzburg a, Sturm Graz h, Sparta Praha a.

Aston Villa: Bayern h, Leipzig a, Juventus h, Brugge a, Celtic h, Young Boys a, Bologna h, Monaco a

Sparta Praha: All fixtures already drawn so nothing extra to do here

Slovan Bratislava: Same, all done at this point

AS Monaco: Same again

Sturm Graz: Literally just to see their name on a ticket. The games are ready!

Karl Matchett29 August 2024 18:04

Champions League draw LIVE

Phew, it’s going fast now as only two or three games needed each time. Soon we’ll know it all - pot 4 incoming, including Villa’s remaining matches.

Stuttgart: PSG h, Real a, Atalanta h, Juve a, Young Boys h, Red Star a, Sparta Praha h, Bratislava a.

Girona: Liverpool h, PSG a, Arsenal h, Milan a, Feyenoord h, PSV a, Bratislava h, Sturm Graz a.

Bologna: Dortmund h, Liverpool a, Shakhtar h, Benfica a, Lille h, Sporting a, Monaco h, Aston Villa a.

Karl Matchett29 August 2024 18:02

Champions League draw LIVE

RB Salzburg: PSG h, Real MAdrid a, Atletico h, Leverkusen a, Dinamo h, Feyenoord a, Brest h, Sparta Praha a.

Celtic: Leipzig h, Dortmund a, Atalanta a, Brugge h, Young Boys h, Dinamo a, Slovan Bratislava h, Aston Villa a.

Sporting CP: Man City h, Leipzig a, Arsenal h, Brugge a, Lille h, PSV a, Bologna h, Sturm Graz a.

Karl Matchett29 August 2024 17:58

Champions League draw LIVE

Feyenoord: Man City a, Bayern h, Leverkusen h, Benfica a, Salzburg h, Lille a, Sparta Praha h, Girona a.

GNK Dinamo: Dortmund h, Bayern a, AC Milan h, Arsenal a, Celtic h, Salzburg a, Monaco h, Slovam Bratislava a.

Red Star: Barcelona h, Inter a, Benfica h, Milan a, PSV h, Young Boys a, Suttgart h, Monaco a.

Karl Matchett29 August 2024 17:56

Champions League draw LIVE

Pot 3 here we go, Celtic are in here somewhere.

Young Boys: Inter h, Barcelona a, Atalanta h, Shakhtar a, Red Star h, Celtic a, Aston Villa h, Stuttgart a.

Lille: Real Madrid h, Liverpool a, Juventus h, Atletico a, Feyenoord h, Sporting CP a, Sturm Graz h, Bologna a.

PSV: Liverpool h, PSG a, Shakhtar h, Juventus a, Sporting CP h, Red Star a, Girona h, Brest a.

Karl Matchett29 August 2024 17:54

Champions League draw LIVE

Juventus is pulled out by Buffon with a big grin.

They face: Man City h, Leipzig a, Benfica h, Brugge a, PSV h, Lille a, Stuttgart h, Aston Villa a.

Shakhtar left waiting after a back-and-forth about Ronaldo scoring past Buffon, but finally:

Bayern h, Dortmund a, Atalanta h, Arsenal a, Young Boys h, PSV a, Brest h, Bologna a.

That’s it for pot 2. Pots 3 and 4 teams obviously know half of their opponents already.

Karl Matchett29 August 2024 17:50

Champions League draw LIVE

For Benfica:

Barcelona h, Bayern a, Atletico h, Juventus a, Feyenoord h, Red Star a, Bologna h, Monaco a.

For AC Milan:

Liverpool h, Real Madrid a, Brugge h, Leverkusen a, Red Star h, Dinamo a, Girona h, Slovan Bratislava a.

Karl Matchett29 August 2024 17:47

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