Champions League draw 2019: Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham and Man City learn their group stage fate

Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City avoid European big-hitters but Spurs face a difficult draw against Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich.

Premier League sides breathed a sigh of relief after avoiding Real Madrid in the Champions League draw, but Tottenham Hotspur will still face tough ask to make it through to the knockout stage after being grouped with German champions Bayern Munich.

Manchester City, Chelsea and reigning champions Liverpool all risked landing a difficult draw by being seeded on pot one, but avoided both Real and Ateltico Madrid as well as Borussia Dortmund.

Spurs were the only English side to feature in pot two, meaning they were guaranteed a draw against a European league champion, and they were the second team out of the pot to join Bundesliga champions Bayern in Group B, as well as testing encounters against Greek side Olympiakos and Serbian champions Crvena Zvezda.

Liverpool will face a familiar draw after being placed in Group E with Napoli for the second season running, with Austrian champions FC Salzburg and Genk completing the pool.

Premier League champions City also received a generous yet familiar fate, with Pep Guardiola’s side grouped with Ukraine champions Shakhtar Donetsk for the third consecutive season. City will also face Dinamo Zagreb and Atalanta after being placed in Group C.

Chelsea fans will relish their draw after being placed in Group H, giving them European trips to Amsterdam and the Spanish cost in the form Ajax and Valencia, with French side Lille joining them.

Champions League draw

Group A: Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Club Brugge, Galatasaray

Group B: Bayern Munich, Tottenham Hotspur, Olympiakos, Crvena Zvezda

Group C: Manchester City, Shakhtar Donetsk, Dinamo Zagreb, Atalanta

Group D: Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lokomotiv Moscow

Group E: Liverpool, Napoli, FC Salzburg, Genk

Group F: Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan, Slavia Prague

Group G: Zenit St Petersburg, Benfica, Lyon, RB Leipzig

Group H: Chelsea, Ajax, Valencia, Lille