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Champions League draw LIVE: Liverpool, Manchester United, Man City and Chelsea learn group stage opponents

Follow the latest updates from the Champions League group stage draw

Jack de Menezes
Sports News Correspondent
Thursday 01 October 2020 12:30 EDT
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Liverpool are among the 32 clubs who will be in the Champions League group stage draw
Liverpool are among the 32 clubs who will be in the Champions League group stage draw (AFP via Getty)

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Follow the latest updates live from the Champions League group stage draw as Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea all discovered who they will face in Europe this season.

Premier League champions Liverpool have been drawn alongside Ajax, Atalanta and Midtjylland in Champions League Group D. Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, losers in the quarter-finals last season, were drawn in Group C with Porto, Olympiacos and Marseille. 

Manchester United will play French champions and 2020 losing finalists Paris St Germain as well as RB Leipzig and Istanbul Basaksehir in Group H while Chelsea will meet Europa League winners Sevilla as well as Krasnodar and Rennes in Group E. Here’s how the pots will be drawn, with live updates of both the Champions League draw and the Uefa Best awards below:

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW

Group A: Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid,

Group B: Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk,

Group C: FC Porto, Manchester City,

Group D: Liverpool, Ajax,

Group E: Sevilla, Chelsea, Krasnodar, 

Group F: Zenit St Petersburg, Borussia Dortmund,

Group G: Juventus, Barcelona,

Group H: Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United, 

Jack de Menezes1 October 2020 16:59

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW

Next up, it’s the hugely influential pot three. While pots one and two were always going to feature the big-hitters, it’s pot three that will decide the easy passages from the groups of death, with RB Leipzig, Inter Milan and Atalanta the big teams to avoid here.

Pot 3: Dynamo Kyiv, Red Bull Salzburg, RB Leipzig, Inter Milan, Olympiacos, Lazio, Krasnodar, Atalanta

Jack de Menezes1 October 2020 16:56

UEFA MIDFIELDER OF THE YEAR

Our next interlude brings us the men’s and women’s Uefa Midfielder of the Year, which goes to Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne and Lyon’s Dzsenifer Marozsan - the third consecutive winner from the French club this evening.

Jack de Menezes1 October 2020 16:52

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW

Group A: Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, 

Group B: Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, 

Group C: FC Porto, Manchester City, 

Group D: Liverpool, Ajax, 

Group E: Sevilla, Chelsea, 

Group F: Zenit St Petersburg, Borussia Dortmund, 

Group G: Juventus, Barcelona, 

Group H: Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United, 

Jack de Menezes1 October 2020 16:50

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW

Group A: Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, 

Group B: Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, 

Group C: FC Porto,

Group D: Liverpool, Ajax, 

Group E: Sevilla, Chelsea, 

Group F: Zenit St Petersburg, Borussia Dortmund, 

Group G: Juventus, Barcelona, 

Group H: Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United, 

Jack de Menezes1 October 2020 16:49

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW

Group A: Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, 

Group B: Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, 

Group C: FC Porto,

Group D: Liverpool, Ajax, 

Group E: Sevilla, Chelsea, 

Group F: Zenit St Petersburg, Borussia Dortmund, 

Group G: Juventus, Barcelona, 

Group H: Paris Saint-Germain

Jack de Menezes1 October 2020 16:49

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW

Group A: Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, 

Group B: Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, 

Group C: FC Porto,

Group D: Liverpool, Ajax, 

Group E: Sevilla, Chelsea, 

Group F: Zenit St Petersburg,

Group G: Juventus, Barcelona, 

Group H: Paris Saint-Germain

Jack de Menezes1 October 2020 16:48

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW

Group A: Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, 

Group B: Real Madrid,

Group C: FC Porto,

Group D: Liverpool, Ajax, 

Group E: Sevilla, Chelsea, 

Group F: Zenit St Petersburg,

Group G: Juventus, Barcelona, 

Group H: Paris Saint-Germain

Jack de Menezes1 October 2020 16:47

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW

Group A: Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, 

Group B: Real Madrid,

Group C: FC Porto,

Group D: Liverpool,

Group E: Sevilla, Chelsea, 

Group F: Zenit St Petersburg,

Group G: Juventus, Barcelona

Group H: Paris Saint-Germain

Jack de Menezes1 October 2020 16:46

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW

Group A: Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, 

Group B: Real Madrid,

Group C: FC Porto,

Group D: Liverpool,

Group E: Sevilla, Chelsea, 

Group F: Zenit St Petersburg,

Group G: Juventus,

Group H: Paris Saint-Germain

Jack de Menezes1 October 2020 16:45

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