Europa League draw live: Liverpool face Borussia Dortmund as Jurgen Klopp returns, Athletic Bilbao meet Sevilla
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Your support makes all the difference.Welcome to our live coverage of the Europa League quarter-final draw in Nyon in which Liverpool, the last remaining Premier League side in the competition, will learn their opponents.
- Liverpool drawn against Jurgen Klopp's former side Borussia Dortmund
- Reigning Europa League champions Sevilla face Spanish rivals Athletic Bilbao
- Europa League draw in full:
Braga vs Shakhtar Donetsk
Villarreal vs Sparta Prague
Athletic Bilbao vs Sevilla
Borussia Dortmund vs Liverpool - Liverpool advanced 3-1 on aggregate against Manchester United
- Klopp did want to play Dortmund - "but in Basle (in the final)"
- Klopp on the remaining eight sides: "There are only good teams left in the race"
- The Europa League first-leg will be played on 7 April
- The Europa League second-leg will be played on 14 April
Follow the latest news below, beginning with the draw for the Champions League which starts at 11am...
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Good morning! It's Champions League draw day when we find out who will play who in the quarter-finals of Europe's elite tournament, where Manchester City - the lone English representative left in this year's competition - are appearing for the first time in their history. While the usual suspects of Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid are all in the mix, City join the likes of Benfica and Wolfsburg in hoping to upset the odds. The draw gets underway at 11am GMT - just under an hour away - but we'll bring you plenty of build-up and previews to the draw itself after a dramatic week of European football.
Of course, the fun doesn't stop with the Champions League, as the Europa League draw begins straight after at 12pm GMT. Having knocked Manchester United out last night, Liverpool will hope for a relatively easy draw as they continue their campaign to win the competition and qualify for the Champions League. For manager Jurgen Klopp, he could end up facing his former side Borussia Dortmund after they eliminated Tottenham yesterday.
So if you're at home, sit back and relax, or if you're at work keep on eye on your computer screen to get the latest from Nyon - we've got you covered.
Let's head down to the draw hall... Don't want to be late! #UCLdrawhttps://t.co/MHqwiWjd6N
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Just 10 minutes until the draw ceremony gets underway, so let's take a look at the history of the eight remaining teams in the Champions League:Atletico Madrid (Spain)
Previous best: runners-up 1974, 2014
Quarter-final record: P7 W4 L3
Barcelona (Spain, holders)
Previous best: winners 1992, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015
Quarter-final record: P17 W14 L3
Bayern Munich (Spain)
Previous best: winners 1974, 1975, 1976, 2001, 2013
Quarter-final record: P26 W17 L9
Benfica (Portugal)
Previous best: winners 1961, 1962
Quarter-final record: P16 W8 L8
Manchester City (England)
Previous best: round of 16 2014, 2015
Quarter-final record: first appearance
Paris Saint-Germain (France)
Previous best: semi-finals 1995
Quarter-final record: P4 W1 L3
Real Madrid (Spain)
Previous best: winners 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2014
Quarter-final record: P32 W26 L6
Wolfsburg (Germany)
Previous best: group stage 2010
Quarter-final record: first appearance
PSG vs Manchester City, Its a win win situation here
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PSG v Manchester City in CL quarter-final draw. Paris to inflict more pain on English clubs?
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Don't go anywhere yet, as we've still got the Europa League quarter-final draw to come. It's set to be a big one, with some very strong European sides involved. Liverpool, the sole remaining English team in the competition after Manchester United and Tottenham fell by the wayside in the last-16, could face the likes of Athletic Bilbao, Sevilla and - most intriguingly - Jurgen Klopp's former side Borussia Dortmund.However, there are easier alternatives, with Sparta Prague and Braga in the draw, while Shakhtar Donetsk and Villarreal could certainly pose a test to the Reds.
That draw is coming up in under 20 minutes.
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