Champions League draw: Chelsea, Liverpool and Man City learn routes to Paris final
THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE quarter-finals will be drawn out with Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City all awaiting their last-eight opponents. Express Sport covers the draw live.
The Champions League has reached the quarter-final stage - with just eight teams left who can lift the illustrious trophy in Paris on May 29. The Premier League has three of its four representatives still in the competition with holders Chelsea, last year's losing finalists Manchester City and Liverpool all waiting to learn their opponents.
Chelsea saw off Lille 4-1 on aggregate while City eased past Sporting Lisbon with a 5-0 destruction of their Portuguese opponents in the first leg away from home. Liverpool meanwhile beat Inter Milan 2-1 over two legs despite the Italian champions winning the second leg 1-0 at Anfield.
There was disappointment for Premier League rivals Manchester United though who fell 2-1 over 180 minutes to Atletico Madrid courtesy of losing 1-0 at Old Trafford this week. Elsewhere, 13-time winners Real Madrid saw off Paris Saint-Germain in a Bernabeu thriller to prevail 3-2 on aggregate. That means neither Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi will be in the last eight.
Benfica stunned Ajax with a 1-0 second-leg win in Amsterdam which put them through 3-2 on aggregate despite the Dutch team having won all of their six group games. And Villarreal hammered Juventus 3-0 with three goals in the last 12 minutes this week, lifting them to a stunning 4-1 triumph overall.
Champions League draw LIVE: Liverpool, Chelsea, Man City to learn quarter-final opponents (Image: GETTY)
Those teams now wait to learn who they will face in the next round of the tournament, and know that they will also learn their route to the final. The potential semi-final pairings will also be mapped out in Nyon, Switzerland today.
You can follow the Champions League quarter-final draw LIVE with Express Sport below.
It will come as no surprise that Manchester City are once again favourites to lift their first-ever Champions League at the Stade de France.
Liverpool closely follow, in what is a horrendous prospect for Manchester United fans (like any will be reading this anyway)!
Bayern Munich and Real Madrid are third and fourth favourites, whilst the reigning champions, Chelsea, are considered outsiders for back-to-back success.
Atletico Madrid are followed by Villarreal and Benfica as the three teams least favoured. And with all due respect, they will be the teams the aforementioned five will hope emerge next to theirs.
Pep Guardiola has conquered all at Man City, bar one... (Image: GETTY)
Welcome to Express Sport's live coverage of the all-important Champions League quarter-final and semi-final draw!
Coverage commences from 10:45am, so grab yourself some breakfast and a cuppa and join us!
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