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Ian Doyle

Champions League draw in full as Liverpool face Rangers in Group A

Liverpool will have to overcome some familiar opponents if they are to progress from the Champions League group stage this season.

The Reds have been placed alongside face Ajax, Napoli and Rangers in Group A after the draw took place in Turkish city Istanbul on Thursday evening.

Jurgen Klopp's side are aiming for a fourth such showpiece in six seasons having finished runners-up to Real Madrid in Paris in May.

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Liverpool beat Ajax - who won the Dutch league last season - both home and away in the group stage in 2020/21, although both games were played behind closed doors due to coronavirus pandemic restrictions.

They faced Napoli in the group stage in both 2018/19 and 2019/20, losing both times in Italy and winning 1-0 at Anfield before a 1-1 draw the following year.

However, the Reds have never before played Rangers in a competitive match, although they have met in friendly games with the most recent in October 2011 when the Scottish side - who beat PSV Eindhoven in the play-offs - won 1-0 at Ibrox.

With the World Cup taking place in November and December, the group stage takes place earlier in the season. The first game will take place on September 6/7 with the final group matches on November 1/2.

Full Champions League draw

Group A: Ajax, Liverpool, Napoli, Rangers.

Group B: Porto, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Bruges.

Group C: Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Viktoria Plzen.

Group D: Eintracht Frankfurt, Tottenham Hotspur, Sporting Lisbon, Marseille.

Group E: AC Milan, Chelsea, Red Bull Salzburg, Dinamo Zagreb.

Group F: Real Madrid, RB Leipzig, Benfica, Shakhtar Donetsk, Celtic.

Group G: Manchester City, Sevilla, Borussia Dortmund, FC Copenhagen.

Group H: Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus, Benfica, Maccabi Haifa.

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