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Alex Young

Who could Liverpool face in Champions League draw? Potential group stage opponents today

Liverpool will today discover their opponents for the 2022-23 Champions League group stage.

For the second time in five seasons, they lost to Real Madrid in the biggest club game in European football, but across the same period have won the competition once.

The Reds are currently struggling in the Premier League, without a win in their opening three games, as they tussle with injuries and form in their high-achieving squad.

Liverpool are in Pot 2 for the draw, here’s who they could face...

Champions League pots

Pot 1

Real Madrid, Eintracht Frankfurt, Man City, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Porto, Ajax

Pot 2

Liverpool, Chelsea, Barcelona, Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Sevilla, RB Leipzig, Tottenham

Pot 3

Borussia Dortmund, Salzburg, Shakhtar Donetsk, Inter Milan, Napoli, Benfica, Sporting Lisbon, Bayer Leverkusen

Pot 4

Rangers, Dinamo Zagreb, Marseille, Copenhagen, Club Brugge, Celtic, Viktoria Plzen, Maccabi Haifa

(PA)

Best-case scenario

  • Eintracht Frankfurt
  • Liverpool
  • Salzburg
  • Club Brugge

Group of death

  • Real Madrid
  • Liverpool
  • Inter Milan
  • Marseille

The draw for the Champions League group stage is on Thursday, August 25, at 5pm BST.

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