Champions League draw LIVE: Liverpool, Chelsea and Man City learn fate

The final for this year’s Europa League takes place on Wednesday 18th May at Sevilla’s Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium but which teams will make it there?

Like the Champions League draw before it, the draw for the Europa League will show the remaining competitors their routes to the final as both the quarter-finals and semi-finals will be drawn out.

Quarter-finals:

7th April/14th April

Semi-finals:

28th April/5th May

Ryan Kent’s goal punctured Red Star Belgrade’s comeback hopes as Rangers reached the Europa League quarter-finals despite a 2-1 defeat in Serbia.

Red Star made inroads on Rangers‘ three-goal first-leg lead when Mirko Ivanic netted in the 10th minute and Allan McGregor made several excellent stops for the visitors.

However, Kent broke brilliantly to level the score on the night in the 56th minute in what proved the key moment of the second leg.

Rangers looked to be seeing the game out comfortably when Ben Nabouhane netted a stoppage-time penalty but it was too little, too late for the hosts as Gers won 4-2 on aggregate.

Rangers manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst, whose side could face the likes of Barcelona, Braga and Atalanta in the last eight, went with the same starting line-up that won 3-0 at Ibrox seven days earlier, suggesting he saw scope for more goals.

Whether this was to be the end of West Ham’s European dream or one of the most celebrated nights in their recent history, the Hammers were always going to come out swinging.

And when you come at the kings, you best not miss, or you will go down swinging.

Sevilla are indisputably Europa League royalty, their six crowns putting them three ahead of the closest pretenders to the throne, and this year’s final is even set to be staged in their castle: the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan. It was in that stadium that Sevilla secured a 1-0 win in the first leg of this last-16 tie against West Ham, debutants in the competition this season who did plenty of missing in Spain and were punished by Munir for their wastefulness.

And so David Moyes’s players were tasked with learning on the job against these most experienced of foes, needing to execute an efficiency that was lacking seven days prior.

It was also a new experience for West Ham’s fans, who embraced the occasion by creating an atmosphere unique from any other at the London Stadium since the club’s move here in 2016. In fact, the feeling inside the ground was unlike any at a West Ham game in not-so-recent memory. Whether or not the Premier League team were to progress, they were certain to be protagonists in one of the most monumental nights the club had seen in decades.

That’s not all for today as the draw for the Europa League quarter-finals and semi-finals is coming up soon. West Ham and Rangers hold the British interests but Barcelona are the favourites to lift the trophy.

This draw is expected to take place at around 12:30pm.

Liverpool will face Benfica in the Champions League quarter-finals following the draw conducted by Uefa in Nyon, and have avoided both Chelsea and Manchester City in the semi-final draw.

The Reds will travel to Lisbon for the first leg before hosting the Portguese side at Anfield one week later. If Jurgen Klopp’s side progress, they will face either Bayern Munich or Villarreal in the semi-finals.

Manchester City will face Atletico Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals following the draw conducted by Uefa in Nyon, with Pep Guardiola facing old rival Diego Simeone for a place in the semi-finals.

The winner of the tie will play either Chelsea or Real Madrid in the last four, with Liverpool facing Benfica and Villarreal meeting Bayern Munich in the other side of the draw.

Chelsea will face Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals following the draw conducted by Uefa in Nyon, in a repeat of last season’s semi-final.

The Blues will host the LaLiga leaders in the first leg at Stamford Bridge, in a match that will likely be played behind closed doors after owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned by the European Union.

Bayern Munich and Liverpool will be the happiest teams with that draw. They’re up against the two underdog teams in Villarreal and Benfica.

They also have home second legs so if Liverpool get into trouble in Lisbon they’ll be backed by the fans at Anfield when they need to get a positive result.

Chelsea vs Real Madrid is the tie of the round. That one sees the reigning European champions face the 13x Champions League winners.

So, what happens next? Here’s a final reminder of the Champions League quarter-final draw.

Chelsea vs Real Madrid

Man City vs Atletico Madrid

Villarreal vs Bayern Munich

Benfica vs Liverpool

The first leg games take place on 5th/6th April with the second legs a week later on 12th/13th April.