Champions League: Liverpool face R/Madrid in last 16, Chelsea draw Dortmund

Liverpool will face Real Madrid in their Champions League last-16 tie in a repeat of the 2022 final, while Chelsea were drawn against Borussia Dortmund.


Fourteen-time winners Real Madrid beat Liverpool 1-0 in last year’s final in Paris thanks to a goal from Vinicius Junior in the 59th minute.


Premier League champions Manchester City face German side RB Leipzig, while Tottenham play Italian giants AC Milan.
Elsewhere, French champions Paris St-Germain have drawn Bayern Munich.
The last-16 first legs will take place on 14-15 and 21-22 February, with the second legs on 7-8 and 14-15 March.


It is the fourth time in six seasons that six-time winners Liverpool have taken on Real Madrid in the Champions League.


Two of those occasions have been in finals, with Real Madrid winning both in 2017-18 and 2021-22.


The Spanish champions also knocked Liverpool out in the quarter-finals in the 2020-21 season.


Jurgen Klopp’s side have been in three of the last five European finals, including last season’s in Paris, and only AC Milan and Real Madrid have won the competition more times.


The organisation of the Reds’ final defeat in Paris was later described as “an abject failure” by European football’s ruling body Uefa after fans were robbed and tear-gassed outside the Stade de France an