Premier League sides Manchester City, Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea have been shown their group stage opponents for the 2021/2022 season.
Chelsea’s won the UEFA Champions League after beating Premier League champions Manchester City.
Liverpool, who won the 2019 UEFA Champions League after beating Spurs, finished in third place on the Premier League standing while Manchester United were in 2nd place.
Meanwhile, Pep Guardiola who recently revealed that he will be resigning from his position at Manchester City at the end of the current contract, will hope to stir his side through group A which has French giants PSG.
The Cityzens would also face German Bundesliga RB Leipzig and Belgian side Club Bruges.
European Champions Chelsea were grouped alongside Italian side Juventus, Russian side Zenith St Petersburg and Swedish side Malmo.
Liverpool in group B will face Spanish champions Atletico Madrid alongside Portuguese side Porto and seven-time UEFA Champions League winners A.c. Milan.
Manchester United will have the opportunity of taking a revenge on Villarreal for the UEFA Europa league final loss last season when both teams meet in group F.
Group F also has Italian side Atalanta and Swiss side Young Boys.
The final of this season’s UEFA Champions League will be played at the St Petersburg Stadium in Russia on Saturday, 28 May.
Group stage draw in full:
Group A: Manchester City, Paris St-Germain, RB Leipzig, Club Bruges
Group B: Atletico Madrid, Liverpool, Porto, AC Milan
Group C: Sporting Lisbon, Borussia Dortmund, Ajax, Besiktas
Group D: Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Sheriff Tiraspol
Group E: Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Benfica, Dynamo Kyiv
Group F: Villarreal, Manchester United, Atalanta, Young Boys
Group G: Lille, Sevilla, FC Salzburg, Wolfsburg
Group H: Chelsea, Juventus, Zenit St Petersburg, Malmo.
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