Liverpool’s potential Champions League opponents ahead of last 16 draw

Following an up-and-down league phase, Liverpool booked a direct route into the last 16 of the Champions League and now wait to see who their opponents will be.

Arne Slot’s side ultimately won six and lost two of their eight games to claim third spot in the table, although endured a couple of rough spots during that spell – most notably when suffering a humiliating 4-1 home defeat to PSV in November.

But they are safely into the knockouts and in a season where a proper Premier League title challenge has failed to materialise, Europe offers an opportunity to still pick up some silverware.

Having been paired with the fourth-place finishers from the league phase, Tottenham, Liverpool now know that their last-16 opponents will be one of two sides.

The Reds will face either Atletico Madrid or Galatasaray.

Alexander Sorloth scored a hat-trick as Atletico Madrid eventually progressed past Club Brugge 7-4 on aggregate, after the Belgian side came from 2-0 and 3-2 to snatch a 3-3 draw on home soil last week.

Meanwhile, Juve had it all to do in Turin after being thrashed 5-2 in the first leg. They overturned the deficit with three goals in the first 90 minutes but extra time went the way of Galatasaray as Victor Osimhen and Baris Alper Yilmaz secured a 7-5 aggregate win for the Turkish club.