Champions League draw: Chelsea, Spurs, Man City and Liverpool learn their fate

CHELSEA will face Ajax and last season’s finalists Tottenham must go up against Bayern Munich in the Champions League group stages. Reigning champions Liverpool were pitted against Napoli for the second season in a row. On paper, though, Premier League winners Manchester City have the easiest route into the knockout stages with a group including […]

CHELSEA will face Ajax and last season’s finalists Tottenham must go up against Bayern Munich in the Champions League group stages.

Reigning champions Liverpool were pitted against Napoli for the second season in a row.

On paper, though, Premier League winners Manchester City have the easiest route into the knockout stages with a group including Shakthar Donetsk, Dinamo Zagreb and Atalanta.

The draw, concluded this evening, has also thrown up plenty of mouth-watering ties with Real Madrid in Group A alongside Paris Saint-Germain and Group F containing Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund and Inter Milan.

FULL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW

Group A:

PSG

Real Madrid

Club Brugge

Galatasaray

Group B:

Bayern Munich

TOTTENHAM

Olympiacos

Crvena Zvezda

Group C:

MANCHESTER CITY

Shakhtar Donetsk

Dinamo Zagreb

Atalanta

Group D:

Juventus

Atletico Madrid

Bayer Leverkusen

Lokomotiv Moscow

Group E:

LIVERPOOL

Napoli

RB Salzburg

Genk

Group F:

Barcelona

Borussia Dortmund

Inter Milan

Slavia Prague

Group G:

Zenit

Benfica

Lyon

RB Leipzig

Group H:

CHELSEA

Ajax

Valencia

Lille

Alisson, Virgil van Dijk, Frenkie de Jong and Lionel Messi picked up the four positional awards for their performances in the competition.

But it was Manchester United legend Eric Cantona who stole the show with his farmer-like appearance and Shakespeare-inspired speech.

He bizarrely said: “As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods. They kill us for their sport.

“Soon the science will be able to slow down the ageing of the cells, to the state. Soon we will become eternal.

“Only accidents, crimes, wars, will still kill us. Unfortunately, crimes, wars, will multiply. I love football. Thank you.”