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Liverpool to play PSG in Champions League last 16 as Arsenal meet PSV

Liverpool will play Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in the Champions League last 16 while Arsenal will face PSV Eindhoven.

Aston Villa will take on Club Brugge, while holders Real Madrid will play rivals Atletico Madrid in the competition.

Last-16 ties will take place on March 4 and March 5 with the second legs played on March 11 and March 12.

Liverpool finished top of the Champions League phase while PSG qualified through the knockout play-offs with an astonishing 10-0 aggregate victory over Brest.

Arsenal made it through in third setting up a tie against PSV, who dumped out Juventus in the play-offs with a 3-1 second leg victory to win 4-3 on aggregate.

Aston Villa snatched the final automatic qualification place and now face Club Brugge after they overcame Atalanta with a 5-2 aggregate victory.

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All three English sides are on the same side of the draw meaning Liverpool could face Aston Villa in the quarter-finals and then Arsenal in the semi-finals.

Any English club hoping to reach the final may meet Real Madrid but they won’t play Barcelona until the final.

Liverpool and PSG last met in the Champions League in the group stage in 2018/19, when PSG won 2-1 at home after Liverpool triumphed 3-2 in England.

In another eye-catching tie, reigning champions Real Madrid will play city rivals Atletico Madrid in a repeat of the finals of 2014 and 2016, both of which were won by Los Blancos.

Bayern Munich will take on German rivals Bayer Leverkusen, while Inter Milan take on Feyenoord, who are fresh from knocking out AC Milan in the play-offs.

Barcelona will face Benfica, who they defeated 5-4 away in Lisbon in the league phase last month, while last season’s beaten finalists Borussia Dortmund will take on French side Lille.

See the full draw below:

Club Brugge vs Aston Villa
Borussia Dortmund vs Lille
Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid
Bayern Munich vs Bayer Leverkusen
PSV Eindhoven vs Arsenal
Feyenoord vs Inter Milan
Paris Saint-Germain vs Liverpool
Benfica vs Barcelona

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