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UEFA Champions League, QF Draw: Manchester City get Liverpool, Barcelona to square off with AS Roma

Some mouthwatering clashes in the Champions League quarters!

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The draws for the quarter-finals for the UEFA Champions League were announced during a ceremony in Lyon on Friday.

There was bitter-sweet news for fans of English football as the last two surviving teams from the Premier League - Manchester City and Liverpool - were drawn against each other. While this will no doubt make for an exciting contest, it'll also enure just one English team's advancement to the semi-final stage of Europe's premier club competition.

Juventus were given a chance to avenge last year's Champions League final defeat by Real Madrid when they two sides were drawn together for the quarter-finals of this year's competition. The Serie A side, beaten 4-1 in Cardiff last season, will host the first leg in Turin following the draw at UEFA headquarters.

 

La Liga leaders Barcelona will face AS Roma, bringing back unhappy memories for the Italian side who lost 6-1 on their last visit to Camp Nou.

Sevilla, responsible for knocking out Manchester United, were pitted against German's Bayern Munich.

Here's the full draw

1. FC Barcelona v/s AS Roma

2. Sevilla FC v/s FC Bayern Munich

3. Juventus FC v/s Real Madrid CF

4. Liverpool FC v/s Manchester City FC

​*Note: The teams mentioned first will play the first leg of the tie at home.

Liverpool's tie against Manchester City will be the first meeting between English sides in the quarter-finals since 2010/11 when Chelsea faced Manchester United. City have won only one of their last eight meetings with Liverpool in all competitions, if you exclude their penalty shootout triumph in the 2016 League Cup final.

 

Former Roma stalwart Francesco Totti said his former team, who are considered the outsiders alongside Sevilla, should not be worried about facing Barca. "Football is beautiful because anything can happen, especially in these type of games," he said. "We've already come a long way, finishing ahead of Chelsea and Atletico Madrid in the group stage and knocking out Shakhtar Donetsk."

Bayern, the runaway Bundesliga leaders, promised they would not underestimate Sevilla. "Sevilla are not an easy team. They eliminated Manchester United," said Bayern sports director Hasan Salihamidzic. "It certainly is no easy draw, they did not come through to this stage by accident," added midfielder David Alaba.

The first legs will be played on April 3/4 with the return matches one week later.

 

(Inputs from Reuters)

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