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Champions League draw live as Premier League clubs learn group-stage opponents

mirror.co.uk, 26 August 2021, 14:29

The Champions League draw is upon us, with four Premier League clubs eagerly waiting to discover who they will face in the group stage.

Chelsea beat Manchester City in last season's final to be crowned European champions for the second time in their history, and both clubs have been placed in Pot 1.

Manchester United and Liverpool are in Pot 2 alongside many of the continent's heavyweights, including Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain.

The English teams cannot be drawn against one another at this stage, but there are sure to be some tricky groups drawn, with the likes of Ajax, RB Leipzig, Atalanta and AC Milan featuring in Pots 3 and 4.

Stay tuned to Mirror Football's live coverage featuring all the build-up, an explanation of UEFA's rules and the draw itself, which is scheduled for 5pm UK time.

18:24Freddie Keighley

Putellas wins women's award

Barcelona Femeni captain Alexia Putellas is crowned UEFA Women's Player of the Year.

18:22Freddie Keighley

Time for the player of the year awards

The draw may be over, but there are still more individual awards to be handed out...

18:19Freddie Keighley

Coach awards handed out

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel and Barcelona Femeni manager Lluis Cortes scoop UEFA's men's and women's coaching awards respectively as the draw winds down.

18:18KEY EVENT

Champions League group-stage draw in full

Group A: Man City, PSG, RB Leipzig, Club Brugge

Group B: Atletico Madrid, Liverpool, Porto, AC Milan

Group C: Sporting Lisbon, Borussia Dortmund, Ajax, Besiktas

Group D: Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Sheriff Tiraspol

Group E: Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Benfica, Dynamo Kyiv

Group F: Villarreal, Man Utd, Atalanta, Young Boys

Group G: Lille, Sevilla, FC Salzburg, Wolfsburg

Group H: Chelsea, Juventus, Zenit St Petersburg, Malmo

18:17KEY EVENT

Group D: Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk and Sheriff Tiraspol

Moldovan minnows Sheriff Tiraspol will face Inter Milan, Real Madrid and Shakhtar in Group D.

18:16KEY EVENT

Group E: Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Benfica and Dynamo Kyiv

There are some good-looking ties in Group E as Dynamo Kyiv join Bayern, Barcelona and Benfica.

18:15KEY EVENT

Group H: Chelsea, Juventus, Zenit and Malmo

Malmo join holders Chelsea as well as Juventus and Zenit St Petersburg in Group H.

18:14KEY EVENT

Group A: Manchester City, PSG, RB Leipzig and Brugge

Belgian side Club Brugge complete what is sure to be coined the Group of Death with Manchester City, PSG and Leipzig.

18:12KEY EVENT

Group G: Lille, Sevilla, Salzburg and Wolfsburg

Wolfsburg enter Group G with Sevilla, Lille and Salzburg.

18:12KEY EVENT

Group B: Atletico Madrid, Liverpool, Porto and AC Milan

The seven-time European champions join Group B with Liverpool, Atletico and Porto.

It's a tricky draw for the Reds.

18:11KEY EVENT

Group C: Sporting, Borussia Dortmund, Ajax, Besiktas

Group C is completed as Turkish club Besiktas join Sporting, Dortmund and Ajax.

18:09KEY EVENT

Group F: Villarreal, Manchester United, Atalanta and Young Boys

Swiss champions Young Boys are drawn in Group F as Manchester United discover their final opponent.

18:07Freddie Keighley

Haaland and Hermoso win forward awards

The UEFA Champions League Forward of the Season awards go to Borussia Dortmund's Erling Haaland and Barcelona's Jennifer Hermoso.

Now it's time for Pot 4 as the groups will be completed.

18:06Freddie Keighley

Ajax into Group C

Ajax join Borussia Dortmund and Sporting CP in Group C.

And that's that for Pot 3.

18:04Freddie Keighley

Porto into Group B

Porto join Atletico and Liverpool in group B.

Things are looking challenging for the Jurgen Klopp's side.

18:04Freddie Keighley

Salzburg into Group G

Red Bull Salzburg join Lille and Sevilla in Group G.

18:03Freddie Keighley

Atalanta into Group F

The Serie A entertainers go into Group F, where they join Villarreal and Manchester United.

Encouraging stuff for the Red Devils so far?

18:01Freddie Keighley

Leipzig into Group A

Rising German force RB Leipzig have been drawn in Group A alongside Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain.

Group of Death, anyone?

18:00Freddie Keighley

Zenit into Group H

Zenit St Petersburg face a tall order in Group H up against Chelsea and Juventus.

18:00Freddie Keighley

Benfica into Group E

It's all the B's in Group E as Benfica join Barcelona and Bayern Munich.

17:59Freddie Keighley

Shakhtar into Group D

Shakhtar Donetsk enter the fray in Group D alongside Real Madrid and Inter Milan.

Remarkably, these three clubs were also drawn in the same group last season.

17:57Freddie Keighley

Kante and Putellas win midfielder gongs

Chelsea's N'Golo Kante and Barcelona's Alexia Putellas win UEFA's men's and women's midfielder of the season awards respectively.

Now it's time for the Pot 3 draw.

17:53Freddie Keighley

Manchester United into Group F

It was written in the stars, wasn't it?

Manchester United are drawn in Group F with Villarreal, who beat them on penalties in the Europa League final only a matter of months ago.

17:52Freddie Keighley

Sevilla into Group G

Sevilla are up next and join Lille in Group G.

17:52Freddie Keighley

Barcelona into Group E

It's another mouth-watering draw as Barcelona join Bayern Munich in Group E.

17:51Freddie Keighley

Juventus into Group H

Juventus will face Chelsea in the group stage.

17:50Freddie Keighley

PSG into Group A

My oh my.

PSG join Manchester City in Group A.

Could we see Lionel Messi versus Cristiano Ronaldo in the group stage again?

17:50Freddie Keighley

Liverpool into Group B

The Reds are next up, and they are drawn in Group B with Atletico Madrid.

Liverpool won the trophy in 2019 at Atletico's Wanda Metropolitano.

17:48Freddie Keighley

Real Madrid into Group D

The record 13-time European champions join Inter Milan in Group D.

17:47Freddie Keighley

Dortmund into Group C

Borussia Dortmund are the first name drawn from Pot 2 and join Sporting in Group C.

A favourable draw for the German giants?

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