Liverpool have been drawn towards Paris St-Germain within the final 16 of the Champions League.
Liverpool topped the league section of the competitors with seven wins from their eight matches, and should now topple the French champions to progress.
Arsenal will face Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven, who knocked out Juventus within the play-off spherical.
Aston Villa, who secured the ultimate computerized spot within the final 16, will face Belgian aspect Membership Brugge.
Right here is Telegraph Sport’s verdict on how the last-16 ties will play out and our predictions for the remainder of the match.
PSG vs Liverpool: Liverpool win
Maybe the tie of the spherical. PSG are on a superb run of kind and scored a mixed 10 objectives towards Brest over the 2 legs of their play-off. The second leg is at Anfield, although, which could possibly be essential. Liverpool to edge it, simply.
Membership Brugge vs Aston Villa: Villa win
Villa misplaced away to Brugge earlier this season however ought to have an excessive amount of attacking high quality for the Belgian aspect, particularly following the January switch enterprise at Villa Park.
Actual Madrid vs Atletico Madrid: Actual win
The Madrid derby has the potential to be essentially the most fractious and emotional contest of the spherical of 16. The 2 groups are at the moment separated by only one level in La Liga, however Actual know higher than anybody the best way to navigate these ties. If Kylian Mbappe maintains his present kind, Actual ought to have an excessive amount of for his or her metropolis rivals.
PSV vs Arsenal: Arsenal win
For the third season in a row, Arsenal face PSV. Mikel Arteta’s aspect have had difficulties away from house towards the Dutch staff however beat them 4-0 on the Emirates Stadium in September 2023.
Feyenoord vs Inter: Inter win
Inter conceded just one aim in eight matches within the league section. A ridiculous defensive file, and that solidity may carry them a good distance on this competitors. Feyenoord are fourth within the Eredivisie. It is a powerful ask for the Dutch aspect.
Bayern Munich vs Bayer Leverkusen: Leverkusen win
Bayern at the moment have the sting within the Bundesliga however Vincent Kompany’s staff seemed alarmingly weak towards Celtic within the earlier spherical. Xabi Alonso, the Leverkusen coach, is unbeaten in six matches towards Bayern and beat them to the league title final season.
Borussia Dortmund vs Lille: Dortmund win
Dortmund are enduring a difficult season (they’re at the moment eleventh within the Bundesliga) however this seems to be a comparatively beneficial draw, despite the fact that Lille completed seventh within the league section. The French aspect have been inconsistent because the flip of the yr.
Benfica vs Barcelona: Barcelona win
Anticipate objectives on this one. When these groups performed in January, it completed 5-4 in Barcelona’s favour. Benfica additionally had an exciting knockout tie towards Monaco, drawing 3-3 at house earlier this week. It threatens to be an end-to-end type of contest, with Barcelona’s superior firepower certainly sending them via.
Quarter-final predictions
Arsenal vs Actual Madrid: Actual win
Liverpool vs Aston Villa: Liverpool win
Barcelona vs Dortmund: Barcelona win
Leverkusen vs Inter: Inter win
Semi-final predictions
Actual Madrid vs Liverpool: Actual win
Barcelona vs Inter: Barcelona win
Last prediction
Actual Madrid vs Barcelona: Actual win
12:07 PM GMT
omen for Arsenal
5 – Arsenal are unbeaten of their 5 house matches towards PSV (W3 D2); essentially the most house video games they’ve performed towards an opponent in European competitors with out ever shedding. Passage. pic.twitter.com/tw3N827hzY
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 21, 2025
12:06 PM GMT
A tie now we have not seen shortly
1 – Liverpool and PSG will face one another within the knockout phases of a significant European competitors for the primary time because the semi-finals of the Cup Winners’ Cup in 1996/97 (Parisians received 3-2 on mixture). Glamour. pic.twitter.com/qxYfQXZxJr
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 21, 2025
11:36 AM GMT
Trying forward within the draw
Arsenal, ought to they make it past PSV, will play at house first in each the quarter-final and semi-finals which appears lower than excellent given the heavyweight opponents they may face. Given their defensive file although, it would swimsuit them to get their noses in entrance and maintain out.
Liverpool will likely be at house first within the quarter-finals, however would have an Anfield second leg within the semi-finals.
Villa would have house second legs during to the ultimate if they will pull it off.
11:27 AM GMT
How the street to Munich now appears to be like
These ties will likely be performed March 4/5 and March 11/12.
11:25 AM GMT
The last-16 ties of their brackets
PSG vs Liverpool
Membership Brugge vs Aston Villa
Actual Madrid vs Atletico Madrid
PSV vs Arsenal
Feyenoord vs Inter
Bayern Munich vs Bayer Leverkusen
Borussia Dortmund vs Lille
Benfica vs Barcelona
11:19 AM GMT
Liverpool draw PSG!
That’s a particularly harsh end result having topped the league section. However they may face Membership Brugge or Villa if they will get via.
That draw means the ultimate last-16 tie is Benfica vs Barcelona.
11:18 AM GMT
Arsenal are out of the bowl…
And so they have drawn PSV Eindhoven. That places them on the Madrid golf equipment’ aspect of the draw.
11:17 AM GMT
And which means an all-German tie…
Bayern Munich vs Bayer Leverkusen. Leverkusen battered Bayern however solely drew 0-0 within the Bundesliga final week.
11:16 AM GMT
We get our Madrid derby…
It is going to be Atletico Madrid vs Actual Madrid within the last-16.
11:16 AM GMT
The second last-16 tie is confirmed
It’s Lille vs Borussia Dortmund.
11:15 AM GMT
The draw is beginning now…
The primary balls are being drawn. And Aston Villa are the primary staff out.
They’ll play Membership Brugge! They’ll take that, however a tricky quarter-final route awaits: Liverpool, Barca or PSG.
11:13 AM GMT
The brackets are already mapped out…
Uefa are informing us that after the last-16 ties have been drawn, the rest of the draw will likely be to find out which staff will play at house first within the quarter-final and semi-finals.
11:10 AM GMT
The primary particular visitor is on the stage
It’s Giovane Elber, the Brazilian striker who received the Champions League with Bayern Munich in 2000.
11:07 AM GMT
The draw is slowly getting underway
Some marvellous bits of Uefaspeak up to now. Apparently we will “anticipate extra feelings” as groups attempt to make the “Bavarian appointment” in Might. The ultimate is in Munich in case that make no sense to you. The Bavarian Appointment appears like a Robert Ludlum title.
10:59 AM GMT
Historical past repeating itself within the draw
There may be the prospect of Barcelona going through PSG within the last-16 which might pit two of Europe’s most fearsome attacking models towards one another, and in addition immediate reminiscences of the remontada in 2017. In case you have got forgotten, Barcelona overturned a four-goal deficit by successful the second leg 6-1 with three objectives coming after the 88th minute.
We may be a Madrid derby, with Atletico crushed by Actual first in further time after which on penalties within the 2014 and 2016 finals.
Arsenal and PSV have performed one another loads of instances too. Gilberto Silva scored after 21 seconds in a 4-0 victory in Eindhoven in 2002, however PSV eradicated Arsenal on the last-16 stage in 2007 within the first Champions League knockout tie on the Emirates. Alex scored a late header to ship the Dutch aspect via on away objectives, and the defender would go on to hang-out Arsenal once more with Chelsea.
10:36 AM GMT
The paraphernalia is in place
10:23 AM GMT
Mapping out the brackets for the English golf equipment
Arsenal can draw PSV or Feyenoord within the final 16. In the event that they draw PSV, then Actual Madrid, Atletico Madrid or Bayer Leverkusen are potential quarter-final opponents. In the event that they draw Feyenoord then Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid or Bayer Leverkusen are potential quarter-final opponents.
Liverpool can draw Paris St-Germain or Benfica within the final 16. In the event that they draw PSG, then Membership Brugge, Lille or Aston Villa are potential quarter-final opponents. In the event that they draw Benfica then Aston Villa, Lille or Borussia Dortmund are potential quarter-final opponents.
Aston Villa can draw Membership Brugge or Borussia Dortmund within the final 16. In the event that they draw Membership Brugge then Liverpool, Barcelona or PSG are potential quarter-final opponents. Ought to they draw Dortmund then Benfica, Liverpool and Barcelona are potential quarter-final opponents.
In fact, these quarter-final choices will likely be decreased from three to 2 as soon as we all know the last-16 draw.
10:17 AM GMT
A final-16 draw however not as we all know it
Welcome to the final Champions League draw of the season the place Liverpool, Arsenal and Aston Villa will uncover not solely their last-16 opponents however their potential path to the ultimate in Munich.
This season’s new ‘Swiss mannequin’ format means every membership has solely two doable last-16 opponents, moderately than as many as seven in earlier seasons when there was an open draw.
For Liverpool, they may face both Benfica or Paris St-Germain. The French aspect put 10 previous fellow Ligue 1 membership Brest within the play-offs, and are hitting their stride beneath Luis Enrique after a sticky begin to the season. Ousmane Dembele and Bradley Barcola are tearing opponents other than the wings.
Arsenal look to have fallen on their ft with PSV Eindhoven or Feyenoord their potential opponents. They must navigate the following spherical with out Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli, Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz although, and PSV delivered a stirring efficiency to knock out Juventus within the play-off. Drawing Feyenoord will imply a reunion with Robin van Persie, who’s about to take over as head coach on the Rotterdam membership the place he got here via the youth ranks.
Aston Villa can play both Borussia Dortmund or Membership Brugge after Unai Emery’s staff secured a top-eight spot within the league section. Villa will really feel these ties are very winnable, if they will nurse their central defenders again to full well being. Membership Brugge gave Man Metropolis an almighty scare, and got here via a thriller within the play-off spherical towards Atalanta.
As attention-grabbing, even when it entails counting some chickens, is the quarter-finals the draw may throw up. Arsenal could possibly be on collision course for a quarter-final towards Actual Madrid (in the event that they draw PSV) or, if they’re on the opposite aspect of the draw, Bayern Munich (in the event that they draw Feyenoord). It’s doable that Liverpool and Aston Villa could possibly be placed on course to play one another within the last-eight in an all-English tie (if Liverpool draw PSG).
The draw is predicted to begin at 11am.
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