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:
Serie A resurgence
After a few years of being seen as the weakest of the big five European leagues, Serie A has come back with a bang this season. The Italian top flight has the most clubs in the Champions League last-eight with both Milan sides and Napoli making it through.
Inter Milan defeated Porto in the round of 16 while AC Milan edged past Tottenham 1-0 on aggregate.
Napoli, meanwhile, are lighting up both their domestic league and the European top flight. They have an 18-point lead over Inter in Serie A and have scored the most goals in the Champions League this year with 25.
When are the Champions League quarter-finals and semi-finals?
The two-legged Champions League lquarter-final ties will be held on 11/12 April and 18/19 April.
The semi-finals will take place on 9 and 10 May (first legs) and 16 and 17 May (second legs).
Who is left in the draw?
AC Milan
Bayern Munich
Benfica
Chelsea
Inter Milan
Manchester City
Napoli
Real Madrid
How to watch the Champions League draw
The Champions League quarter-final draw will take place at 11am GMT on Friday 17 March. It will be held at the Uefa headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
Viewers in the United Kingdom will be able to watch the draw live on BT Sport, the television home of Champions League football in the country.
Subscribers can stream the proceedings via the BT Sport app or website, while Uefa will also show the draw live online via YouTube and the organising body’s website.
Champions League draw
Good morning and welcome to The Independent’s coverage of the Champions League quarter-final draw.
Manchester City and Chelsea are one step closer to the Champions League final after progressing through the round of 16. Today they will find out who their opponents in the quarter-final stage will be as the draw is held to determine the next round of fixtures.
Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and AC Milan are all viable opponents and there is the possibility that the two Premier League sides could face each other. There is no seeding for teams at this stage meaning clubs from the same country and group could meet again in the competition.
The semi-final draw will immediately follow the deciding of the last eight ties, along with determining which side will be the home team for the final, meaning all remaining teams will be aware of their potential route through to the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul.
Elsewhere, Manchester United are the only English team to make it into the last-eight of the Europa League and they will discover their potential route to the final as well.
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