Champions League draw LIVE: Man City and Chelsea discover quarter-final fate
Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and AC Milan are also in the pot for the last eight
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Your support makes all the difference.Chelsea will play holders Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals, with the winners facing either Manchester City or Bayern Munich following a top-heavy draw that produced two blockbuster ties.
On the other side of the draw Napoli will face AC Milan in an all-Italian clash, while Inter Milan will play Benfica. It means one of those sides will reach the Champions League final.
Real Madrid defeated Chelsea in last season’s quarter-finals on their way to lifting the Champions League for the 14th time and Friday’s draw produced a repeat of that tie. Manchester City’s quest to win their first Champions League title will also have to be done the hard way, with Pep Guardiola’s side facing German champions Bayern Munich before a potential rematch with Madrid in the semi-finals.
Follow live updates from the Champions League draw, below:
Champions League quarter-final draw
Manchester City will face Bayern Munich at home.
Two difficult draws for the English clubs.
Champions League quarter-final draw
The second quarter-finals sees Inter Milan drawn at home...
Champions League quarter-final draw
... they’ll play Chelsea in the quarter-finals!
Tough draw for Graham Potter’s men.
Champions League quarter-final draw
We’re now down to the nuts and bolts.
The first team out of the pot is Real Madrid...
Champions League quarter-final draw
1995 Champions League winner, Patrick Kluivert will also be helping to draw the balls.
Champions League quarter-final draw
Deputy General Secretary of Uefa, Giorgio Marchetti, is introduced to explain the draw and hype up the quarter-final ties.
2023 Uefa Ambassador and former Turkey international Hamit Altintop is going to draw the balls.
Champions League quarter-final draw
Uefa have explained that if AC Milan and Inter are both drawn at home for the same leg of their quarter-final, the Inter tie will be reversed.
AC Milan are given priority as they were last season’s Serie A winners.
Champions League quarter-final draw
Okay then, here we go.
The draw is taking place at Uefa headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland and as usual we’ll have a recap of everything that has happened in the Champions League so.
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