Real Madrid draw Atletico, Liverpool face PSG in UCL

Champions League holders Real Madrid will play local rivals Atletico Madrid in the last 16 of the competition while Bayern Munich were drawn against Bundesliga title challengers Bayer Leverkusen on Friday.

Real thrashed Premier League champions Manchester City 6-3 on aggregate in the playoffs and will now make the trip across town to play Atletico, the side they beat in the 2014 and 2016 finals.

Bayern Munich, who last won the title in 2020, take on Xabi Alonso's Leverkusen who pipped them to the Bundesliga title last season. Bayern lead Leverkusen by eight points this season and the two teams played out a goalless draw in the league last weekend.

Group stage table-toppers Liverpool will travel to Paris St Germain for the first leg after the French side humiliated Brest with a 10-0 aggregate win in the playoffs.

Barcelona will play Benfica while Arsenal were drawn against Eredivisie title challengers PSV Eindhoven.

Aston Villa, who last played in the knockout stage in 1983, have been drawn against Club Brugge while 2023 runners-up Inter Milan play Feyenoord.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST 16
- Paris St Germain v Liverpool
- Club Brugge v Aston Villa
- Real Madrid v Atletico Madrid
- PSV Eindhoven v Arsenal
- Benfica v Barcelona
- Borussia Dortmund v Lille
- Bayern Munich v Bayer Leverkusen
- Feyenoord v Inter Milan

* Team mentioned second play return leg at home

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTERFINALS
- QF1: PSG/Liverpool v Brugge/Villa
- QF2: PSV/Arsenal v Real/Atletico
- QF3: Benfica/Barcelona v Dortmund/Lille
- QF4: Bayern/Leverkusen v Feyenoord/Inter

* Team mentioned second play return leg at home

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMIFINALS
- Semifinal 1: QF2 winners v QF1 winners
- Semifinal 2: QF3 winners v QF4 winners

* Team mentioned second play return leg at home

FIRST AND SECOND LEG DATES
- Last 16: March 4-5 and March 11-12
- Quarterfinals: April 8-9 and April 15-16
- Semifinals: April 29-30 and May 6-7

Final: May 31

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— Uefa Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) February 21, 2025

Here’s some early H2H info for the English sides involved in today’s draw

Arsenal v PSV        

• Arsenal are unbeaten in their five home matches against PSV (W3 D2); the most home games they've played against an opponent in European competition without ever losing.             
• This will be the second time Arsenal have faced PSV in the knockout stages of the Uefa Champions League, after being eliminated by the Dutch side in the Last 16 in 2006-07 (lost 0-1 away, drew 1-1 at home).           
• Arsenal have only lost one of their last 14 games against Dutch sides in the Uefa Champions League (0-1 v PSV in 2007), although more than half of those matches have ended level (W5 D8 L1).             
• Arsenal have faced Peter Bosz's PSV side twice previously in the Uefa Champions League, beating them 4-0 at the Emirates and drawing 1-1 away in the 2023-24 group stage.            

Aston Villa v Club Brugge                       

• Aston Villa will meet Club Brugge for just the second time in European competition, with the first meeting between the two sides also coming in the Uefa Champions League this season, a 1-0 league phase win for Club Brugge at Jan Breydel Stadium.             
• Aston Villa have faced Belgian opposition five times before in European competition, winning just one of those encounters (D1 L3), a 1-0 victory vs Anderlecht in the European Cup in April 1982.                  
• Across European competition, Club Brugge have won just one of their last 16 games against English opposition (D3 L12), conceding 42 goals during that time. The Belgian side's only victory in that time did come against Aston Villa, however, 1-0 in this season's league phase.
• This will be Club Brugge's first knockout tie against English opposition in European competition since losing 6-1 on aggregate to Manchester United in the Uefa Europa League Last 32 in February 2020.

Liverpool v Paris Saint-Germain           

• This will be just the third Uefa Champions League meeting between Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain, with the two sides previously squaring off in the 2018/19 group stage, with the Reds winning 3-2 at home and losing 1-2 away.                  
• Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain will face each other in the knockout stages of a major European competition for the first time since meeting in the semi-final of the Cup Winners Cup in 1996/97, with the Parisians progressing to the final following a 3-2 aggregate victory.     
• Liverpool haven't won any of their last five away games against French sides in Europe (D2 L3), with their last such victory coming at Marseille in September 2008 (2-1 in the Uefa Champions League).                       
• Liverpool manager Arne Slot is unbeaten against French opposition in major European competition, winning two of his three matches and drawing the other.