LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER CITY LAND MADRID DUO IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW

LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER CITY LAND MADRID DUO IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW

The final will take place on May 30th at the Ataturk Stadium in Istanbul

Liverpool have been drawn to play Atletico Madrid in the Champions League round of 16, while Manchester City face a daunting tie against Real Madrid.

Holders Liverpool, who won qualifying Group E ahead of Napoli, will have home advantage in the second leg against Diego Simeone's Atletico, LaLiga runners-up last season.

City have a tough task in their quest for Champions League glory under Pep Guardiola after being drawn to take on 13-time winners Real, but they too will have home advantage in the return leg.

Tottenham, beaten by Liverpool in last season's final, will play current Bundesliga leaders Leipzig and Chelsea face another German opponent in Bayern Munich, who won all six of their qualifying games in Group B.

Both Tottenham and Chelsea will travel to Germany for their respective second legs having finished runners-up in their qualifying groups.

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