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All the quarter-final and semi-final fixtures will published here

Representatives of all eight Champions League semi-finalists are gathered in Nyon for the draw, which was scheduled to start at 11am. You haven’t missed anything yet though - just UEFA general secretary David Taylor explaining how they manage to make such a simple process so complicated and a few video packages being shown to drag things out. The full draw will be published below as soon as the serious business begins:

Quarter-final draw:

Villarreal v Arsenal

Manchester United v Porto

Liverpool v Chelsea

Barcelona v Bayern Munich

Semi-final draw:

Manchester United/Porto v Villarreal/Arsenal

Barcelona/Bayern Munich v Liverpool/Chelsea

Interesting stats:

» The side drawn to play the second-leg at home have won the previous three Chelsea/Liverpool Champions League clashes - handing the Blues the advantage.

» Porto eliminated Manchester United the last time they met them in the knockout stages.

» Last season every single quarter-final and semi-final was won by the team drawn to play the first leg away. If that happens again we will have an Arsenal/Chelsea final

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Posted: March 20th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn

The Champions League draw - Manchester Utd to visit Mourinho’s Inter


Arsenal dodge Barca bullet, Liverpool face tough test in Spain

Champions League draw

The final sixteen of the Champions league were paired up this morning - here’s how it went down:

Chelsea/ Juventus
Villarreal/ Panathinaikos
Sporting/ Bayern Munich
Atletico Madrid/ Porto
Lyon/ Barcelona
Real Madrid/ Liverpool
Arsenal/ Roma
Inter Milan/ Manchester Utd

In the last four seasons, the holders have been knocked out at this stage - will Jose’s Inter be able to get one over Manchester Utd this year?

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Posted: December 19th, 2008 by Ryan Bailey

Can anyone stop the Man Utd steam train?


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After last night’s devastating display at the Stadio Olimpico, it’s hardly worth Roma turning up at Old Trafford next week (they’ve moved to 100/1 to win the tournament, while United are now at 2/1 to win). The rest of the big four tonight compete for the right to meet United in the final (it looks as if Barca will fall victim to them in the semis), and you may place your bets using the best odds available on the net here.

Spoiler bonus: As you probably know, Arsenal and Liverpool are meeting three times in the next week. Click here for chickendinner’s multi-clash special

Champions League Quarter-final First Legs

Arsenal/ Liverpool (Sky Sports 2, 7.45pm)
Fenerbahce/ Chelsea (Sky Sports 3, 7.45pm)

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Miami ATP Masters (Sky Sports 1, 8pm)

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Posted: April 2nd, 2008 by Ryan Bailey