{"id":1245780,"date":"2022-11-07T13:24:35","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T13:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/07\/liverpool-to-face-madrid-psg-draw-bayern-in-round-of-16\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T13:24:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T13:24:35","slug":"liverpool-to-face-madrid-psg-draw-bayern-in-round-of-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/07\/liverpool-to-face-madrid-psg-draw-bayern-in-round-of-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool to face Madrid, PSG draw Bayern in round of 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"465\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image_2022-11-07_114858117-696x465.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"UCL Final Liverpool - Real Madrid\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">PC: Tom Jenkins\/The Guardian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Liverpool have drawn holders Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League in a repeat of last season\u2019s final.<\/p>\n<p>Fourteen-time winners Real Madrid\u00a0beat Liverpool 1-0\u00a0in last year\u2019s final in Paris thanks to a goal from Vinicius Junior in the 59th minute.<\/p>\n<p>Premier League champions Manchester City face German side RB Leipzig, while Tottenham play Italian giants AC Milan.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea also have German opposition in Borussia Dortmund.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, French champions Paris St-Germain have drawn Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<h3>A historic rivalry meets again<\/h3>\n<p>It is the fourth time in six seasons that six-time winners Liverpool have taken on Real Madrid in the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Two of those occasions have been in finals, with Real Madrid winning both in 2017-18 and 2021-22.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish champions also\u00a0knocked Liverpool out\u00a0in the quarter-finals in the 2020-21 season.<\/p>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp\u2019s side have been in three of the last five European finals, including last season\u2019s in Paris, and only AC Milan and Real Madrid have won the competition more times.<\/p>\n<p>The organisation of the Reds\u2019 final defeat in Paris was\u00a0later described\u00a0as \u201can abject failure\u201d by European football\u2019s ruling body Uefa after fans were\u00a0robbed and tear-gassed\u00a0outside the Stade de France and kick-off was delayed by 36 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>More than 480 testimonies by supporters and journalists at the 28 May final were examined by an independent panel, which included Professor Phil Scraton, who previously led a report into the\u00a01989 Hillsborough stadium disaster.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Full last-16 draw<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>RB Leipzig v Manchester City<\/p>\n<p>Club Bruges v Benfica<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool v Real Madrid<\/p>\n<p>AC Milan v Tottenham<\/p>\n<p>Frankfurt v Napoli<\/p>\n<p>Borussia Dortmund v Chelsea<\/p>\n<p>Inter Milan v Porto<\/p>\n<p>Paris St-Germain v Bayern Munich<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"jnUBJmA0AGU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"INTRO: Nnawotwi Yi  on Adom TV (5-11-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jnUBJmA0AGU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PC: Tom Jenkins\/The Guardian Liverpool have drawn holders Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League in a repeat of last season\u2019s final. 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