Champions League draw LIVE: Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham and Liverpool learn last-16 fate
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Champions League last-16 draw in full: Arsenal FC get favourable path as Chelsea handed nightmare tie
The Gunners finished top of the league phase after winning all eight matches and their reward for doing so is to go up against the German side who overcame Olympiacos 2-0 on aggregate in the knockout phase play-off. Should Arsenal get past Leverkusen, they will face a quarter-final tie against either Bodo/Glimt – conquerors of Inter Milan in the play-offs – or Viktor Gyokeres’ former club Sporting CP. Elsewhere, Chelsea face PSG in a repeat of last summer’s Club World Cup final. This means Newcastle will take on LaLiga champions Barcelona and Liverpool will get the chance to avenge their league phase loss to Galatasaray. Tottenham’s reward for a top four league phase finish is a showdown with Atletico Madrid, meaning Conor Gallagher will face the club he left in the January transfer window. Manchester City were the first team drawn on Friday and Pep Guardiola’s will once again face Real Madrid in the knockout phase. The two sides met in the league phase with City winning 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu. Bayern Munich or …
Our predicted winner for each last-16 match
Manchester City will face Real Madrid for the 10th and 11th time in just five seasons after being drawn against the Spanish giants in the Champions League round of 16. The clash between City and Real is one of the showpiece ties of the knockout stages, alongside Chelsea’s meeting with Paris St-Germain, the holders. The French side will be looking for revenge against Chelsea after they were thrashed by the Premier League team in last summer’s Club World Cup final. Newcastle United will face Barcelona again, having already lost 2-1 to Hansi Flick’s side in the league phase of the competition, while Tottenham Hotspur have been drawn against Atletico Madrid. Liverpool will meet Galatasaray, who defeated Juventus in the play-off round, for the second time in this season’s Champions League. Liverpool lost 1-0 in Turkey in September. Arsenal, meanwhile, will face German side Bayer Leverkusen, who defeated Olympiacos in the play-off rounds. First-round ties will be held on March 10-11. The return legs will be on March 17-18. Meanwhile in the Europa League, Nottingham Forest …
Newcastle to face Barcelona or Chelsea after cruising into Champions League last-16
Good evening and welcome to our coverage of the second leg of Newcastle’s knockout play-off vs Qarabag. Eddie Howe’s men coasted to a 6-1 victory in the first leg in Baku, so there is a sense tonight will be a procession. Unsurprisingly, no team has ever surrendered a five goal lead aggregate lead in major European competitions. It therefore could be a good chance for Howe to continue boosting confidence into players who have been struggling in the league as of late. Anthony Gordon scored four first half goals from centre forward last Wednesday, but struggled to get himself into the game in a 2-1 defeat to Manchester City on the weekend. Newcastle were able to get their speedster in behind against City’s high line – Qarabag will surely have to play with one tonight – but he lacked players to link up with. Howe seems to be backing the Gordon up top, Nick Woltemade in the midfield selection for the remainder of the season so any chance to gel that combination, with next year’s …
Who will Arsenal FC face in Champions League last-16 knockout stage?
In the current format, which came into play last season, the top eight teams progress straight through to the last 16 and avoid a two-legged knockout play-off tie. Still, Mikel Arteta’s side beat the Serie A leaders 3-1 at the San Siro to confirm a top-two finish, meaning they are assured of hosting the second legs in their knockout matches. Arsenal required a minimum of one point from a dead-rubber game against debutants Kairat on Wednesday to seal top spot in the league phase and ended up winning 3-2. Who will Arsenal face in Champions League last 16? Arsenal’s progression straight through to the last 16 means they will not face fixture congestion in February. The last-16 draw takes place on Friday, February 27. The first leg of those ties will be played on either March 10 or March 11, with the return fixtures a week later. As a result of finishing first in the league phase, Arsenal will face the winners of the knockout phase play-off between the 15th and 16th, or 17th and …
Sporting into Champions League last-16 with late win to knock out Bilbao
LISBON, Jan 28 : Sporting twice came from behind before Alisson Santos netted an added-time winner as they beat Athletic Bilbao 3-2 away to reach the last 16 of the Champions League after a frenetic final group game on Wednesday. Sporting finished seventh with 16 points, while Bilbao ended in 29th place with eight points and were eliminated. With the top eight going through and the next 16 teams headed for the knockout round playoffs, Sporting needed a win to give them a chance of qualifying directly, but Oihan Sancet got the home side off to a perfect start with a third-minute goal. The visitors levelled nine minutes later through Ousmane Diomande’s unstoppable header from Maximiliano Araujo’s corner. Sporting went behind again after 28 minutes when Gorka Guruzeta won the ball and stormed into the box, firing home the rebound after his initial shot hit the inside of the far post. Sporting refused to lie down and equalised once more through a brilliantly-worked move, Francisco Trincao slicing through the middle and steering the ball past goalkeeper …
AFCON 2025: Final fixture, semi-final, quarter-final, last-16 results and final group tables
Senegal were the first team to confirm their place in the final, edging out Egypt in Tangier. Hosts Morocco then needed a penalty shootout to edge past Nigeria in Rabat after a goalless draw in regulation and extra time. Quarter-final action began last Friday with ten-man Mali falling to Senegal, before five-time winners Cameroon crashed out at the hands of hosts Morocco. Then on Saturday, Nigeria overcame Algeria with a dominant performance to seal their place in the last-four and then Egypt took the last semi-final place after beating Ivory Coast in a thriller. The final and third-place game will be held across Saturday, January 17 and Sunday, January 18. AFCON 2025 semi-final fixtures Wednesday, January 14, 2026 Saturday, January 17, 2026 Egypt vs Nigeria (4pm GMT, Casablanca) Senegal vs Morocco (7pm GMT, Rabat) AFCON 2025 quarter-final results Saturday, January 10, 2026 AFCON 2025 last-16 results Saturday, January 3, 2026 Mali 1-1 Tunisia (pens 3-2) South Africa 1-2 Cameroon Algeria 1-0 DR Congo (AET) Ivory Coast 3-0 Burkina Faso Group D: DR Congo 1-0 Benin …
Ivory Coast beat Gabon 3-2, face Burkina Faso in last-16
Dec 31 : Defending champions Ivory Coast came from two goals down to beat already eliminated Gabon 3-2 in Group F at the Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday as teenager Bazoumana Toure’s headed winner in added time in Marrakech handed them top spot in the pool. The Ivorians finished on seven points from their three games, ahead of Cameroon on goal difference after the latter beat third-placed Mozambique 2-1. Gabon were eliminated after the second match day following successive defeats and were without injured talisman Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, but first-half goals from Guelor Kanga and Denis Bouanga gave them a 2-0 lead. Coach Emerse Fae’s side pulled a goal back through Jean-Philippe Krasso, then forced an equaliser via Evann Guessand with six minutes remaining before Toure sealed the win that sets up a Round of 16 clash with Burkina Faso in Marrakech next Tuesday. It was a stunning late comeback from the Ivorians, who were outplayed in the first half but their physicality and relentless pursuit of a way back into the game brought reward. …
AFCON 2025: Last-16 fixtures, results and latest group tables
Africa Cup of Nations last-16 fixtures confirmed following conclusion of group stage Source link