🔥 Notable Storylines

• Chelsea face a packed draw, set to compete against Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Napoli, and more. The club was honored by UEFA for being the first to win all major European competitions.
• Liverpool draw Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid, setting up a fiery showdown and a homecoming for Trent Alexander-Arnold at Anfield.
• Arsenal, Manchester City, Newcastle, and Tottenham also received challenging draws featuring heavyweights like Bayern Munich, PSG, Atalanta, PSV, Marseille, and Villarreal.
• The new format sees 36 clubs play eight matches each in the league phase. The top eight advance directly to the Round of 16.
• UEFA will release the full match schedule later this week, with fixtures expected by Saturday.

🇬🇧 English Clubs Breakdown

Arsenal

Opponents: Bayern Munich (home), Inter (away), Atlético (home), Club Brugge (away), Olympiakos (home), Slavia Prague (away), Kairat Almaty (home), Athletic Club (away)

That’s Harry Kane coming to the Emirates – again.

Chelsea

Opponents: Barcelona (home), Bayern Munich (away), Benfica (home), Atalanta (away), Ajax (home), Napoli (away), Pafos (home), Qarabag (away)

Fans may not relish a trip to Azerbaijan, but a return to the Allianz Arena brings back fond memories. Antonio Conte and David Luiz will both return.

Liverpool

Opponents: Real Madrid (home), Inter (away), Atlético (home), Frankfurt (away), PSV (home), Marseille (away), Qarabag (home), Galatasaray (away)

Trent Alexander-Arnold back at Anfield. And Marcos Llorente.

Manchester City

Opponents: Dortmund (home), Real Madrid (away), Leverkusen (home), Villarreal (away), Napoli (home), Bodø/Glimt (away), Galatasaray (home), Monaco (away)

Erling Haaland in Norway. Kevin De Bruyne’s Napoli. Leroy Sané plays for Galatasaray, by the way.

Newcastle

Opponents: Barcelona (home), PSG (away), Benfica (home), Leverkusen (away), PSV (home), Marseille (away), Athletic Club (home), Union S-G (away)

PSG are glad they’re not heading back to St James’ Park. Plenty of romance elsewhere.

Tottenham

Opponents: Dortmund (home), PSG (away), Villarreal (home), Frankfurt (away), Slavia Prague (home), Bodø/Glimt (away), Copenhagen (home), Monaco (away)

Bodø in November, anyone? And a Super Cup rematch.

🌍 Other Highlights

• Olympiakos vs Pafos is the battle of the Greek speakers.
• Olympiakos will also face Real Madrid and Barcelona.
• Tottenham return to Bodø/Glimt in a rematch of last season’s Europa League semi-final. Erling Haaland’s Manchester City also head to Norway.
• Marseille vs Newcastle evokes memories of 1999.
• David Luiz’s Pafos travel to Chelsea.
• An all-yellow clash: Dortmund vs Villarreal.
• Chelsea will play all four opponents they beat en route to their 2012 Champions League triumph: Napoli, Benfica, Barcelona, Bayern Munich.