In the Champions League round of 16, Liverpool will play Paris St-Germain, Arsenal will play PSV Eindhoven, and Aston Villa will play Club Brugge.
Holders Bayern Munich plays Bayer Leverkusen in an all-German match, while Real Madrid takes on local rivals Atletico Madrid.
This will be Liverpool’s first meeting with PSG since 2018–19, when the Reds won the European Championship for the sixth time.
If Arsenal defeats PSV, they will play Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid, the record 15-time champions, in the round of eight. The winner of that match will play Aston Villa or Club Brugge in the quarterfinals.
The dates of the two-leg round of 16 matches are March 11–12 and March 4-5.
Draw in full for the last sixteen.
Liverpool versus Paris St-Germain.
Atletico Madrid versus Real Madrid.
Inter Milan against Feyenoord.
Lille vs. Borussia Dortmund.
Team Brugge versus Aston Villa.
Arsenal versus PSV Eindhoven.
Bayer Leverkusen vs. Bayern Munich.
Barcelona versus Benfica.
Villa and Liverpool are headed for a confrontation in Europe.
The matchup between Premier League leaders Liverpool and reigning French champions Paris St-Germain is sure to be exciting.
Prior to a late surge of play that saw them finish 15th in the league phase, PSG appeared to be out of the competition.
After losing to Arsenal, they defeated Manchester City to advance to the all-France knockout phase play-off, which they won 10-0 overall against Brest.
Ousmane Dembele, who has six goals this season, is one of the top goal scorers in Europe and plays for PSG.
If Liverpool get past Luis Enrique’s side, then they will face Premier League rivals Aston Villa as long as they see off defending Belgian champions Club Brugge, who finished 24th in the league phase before defeating Atalanta in in the knockout phase play-offs.
However, Club Brugge beat Villa in the league phase, one of only two defeats suffered by Unai Emery’s side.
Arsenal’s opponents PSV Eindhoven are defending Dutch champions, who defeated an under-strength Liverpool side 3-2 in January on their way to finishing 14th in the league phase.
