Who could Liverpool face in the Champions League Last 16 draw?

AHEAD of today’s draw, Liverpool person a amended knowing of who they volition play successful the Champions League last-16.

The apical 8 clubs precocious straight to the circular of 16 nether the caller league signifier format, avoiding a two-leg elimination play-off match.

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To warrant the 8 unseeded teams successful the circular of 16, the teams ranked ninth done twenty-four were forced into a play-off stage.

Despite losing their past lucifer to PSV Eindhoven, Arne Slot’s team easy precocious done the league signifier to instrumentality the apical spot.

Liverpool are not the competitions apical scorers oregon the champion antiaircraft side, yet their sheer consistency and versatility has made them the tournament’s favourites according to assorted sources.

Who could Liverpool look successful the Champions League Last 16 draw?

Following their league-stage position, Liverpool were allocated to play either the 17th and 18th effect oregon the victor of the play-off matches betwixt the 15th and 16th seeds.

They had 4 imaginable opponents going into the playoffs: Paris Saint-Germain, Brest, Benfica, oregon Monaco. You would deliberation that would warrant a precise creaseless travel to the quarterfinals.

After a thrilling 3-3 gully successful Portugal connected Tuesday, Benfica precocious past Monaco 4-3 overall, and PSG crushed French compatriots Brest 7-0 successful the 2nd limb aft winning the archetypal limb 3-0.

PSG oregon Benfica volition beryllium Liverpool’s confirmed hostile successful the last-16 gully connected Friday, February 21.

Either March 4 oregon March 5 volition spot the archetypal limb of those ties, with the follow-up matches taking spot a week later.

Anfield will big the 2nd match, portion Liverpool volition question arsenic seeds for the archetypal leg.