“Tonight looked like Carnage,” Andy Robertson laughed after Liverpool completed the New-Look Champions League inaugural stage with their first European loss.
“The league table was all over the country,” Scotland said, reflecting on the other 17 games that were playing at the same time, “so I'm glad our country was resolved.”
Seven Right Wins to Start Guaranteed League phase Liverpool a place in the first two and thus automatic qualification in round 16.
“I'm just glad we don't have a play-off,” Robertson admitted. “There will always be difficult games, so let's see who we face after fighting in the play-off.” Good idea
Forward Friday Champions League drawingLiverpool can face any of the four opponents; Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica, Monaco OR Patches.
As PSG and Benfica ended 15 and 16 in Final League phase tableThey will go out against Monaco (17) or Brest (18) in the rounds of the play-off Nokaout, with the final matches to be placed in Nyon this week.
PSG may have won only half of their matches in the League phase, but they are definitely one side that Liverpool would like to avoid.
The French champions of Luis Enrique completed the first phase of the competition with a trio of win Bayern Munich Back in November. By boasting a youthful and fleeting line of the fleet, PSG must come through their all-French play-off.
The next drawing will decide only Knockout's Play-off couples, whose first legs will be played on 11/12 February. Once those links are completed next mid -week, the number of Liverpool's potential opponents will be halved.
The equation for the 16th round will develop 21 February 2025 and finally reveals whether Liverpool or Barcelona (who ended second in the league stage) will play the winner of the Play-off number one or number eight.
This year Champions League The equivalent of the group stage extends beyond Christmas for the first time in two decades, however, the round of the 16 calendar has not been changed largely. Like last season, the knockout round will end in the spring, with the first legs set 4/5 March Before the return match a week later March 11/12.
There is nearly a month to wait until the quarter -finals (April 8/9) before the last four starts in late April. This year's European show, which will be held at the Allianz Arena of Bayern Munich, is set to take place on May 31.