The draw for the Champions League knockout phase play-offs takes centre stage at Uefa headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday. The teams that finished ninth to 24th in the inaugural league phase of the revamped competition are those involved in proceedings this morning, with all still harbouring hopes of reaching the last 16. The sides that ended ninth to 16th are seeded for the draw, with the rest unseeded as the bracket begins.

The pairings of those final league positions mean that clubs already know which two opponents they could face in the play-offs. For Manchester City, who fought back to beat Club Brugge 3-1 at home on Wednesday night to avoid an embarrassing early elimination from Europe altogether, a blockbuster two-legged tie against either Real Madrid or Bayern Munich now awaits, with Celtic also in line to face one of those two giants.

Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus, AC Milan and Borussia Dortmund are among the other heavyweights involved at this stage of the competition, with the likes of Arsenal, Liverpool, Barcelona and Aston Villa all earning direct passage into the last 16. Follow the Champions League play-off draw live below!. We are up and running in Nyon. Pedro Pinto is our host. Getting a full run down of what happened in the League Phase to kick us off.

UEFA do love a montage, but to be fair, the video packages are usually class!. This is what the remaining teams are all fighting to lift!. The Champions League knockout play-off round draw is on the way!. The road to Munich will become even clearer in less than an hour!. The 2024/25 UEFA Champions League final will take place at the Munich Football Arena. Otherwise known at the Allianz Arena which is home to Bayern Munich.

Vincent Kompany’s side are in the play-offs, so they have it all to do to reach the final. The draw should be getting underway in about 25 minutes’ time. UEFA not exactly snappy when it comes to these things, but the given the routes have already been made clear, it shouldn't take too long. Surely...!. Real Madrid are in the draw this morning, though they can only be paired with Manchester City or Celtic.

This competition simply belongs to Los Blancos having won it 15 times. 18 fixtures, same night, same kick-off time!. Matchday eight of this season’s Champions League will live long in the memory... Serhou Guirassy and Robert Lewandowski are leading the way in this Champions League top scorer charts. Both netted nine times in the League Phase. Liverpool made easy work of the League Phase, winning seven of their eight fixtures to top the table ahead of Barcelona and Arsenal.