Potential Liverpool opponents in the UEFA Champions League round of 16 have been revealed after they finished top of the league phase standings.
Liverpool maintained a perfect Champions League record heading into their final matchday against PSV, and had also secured their place in the next phase of the competition before the tie with the Dutch side.
Arne Slot even chose to rest some of the Reds’ key players for the PSV Eindhoven match.
Despite their 3-2 loss to PSV on Wednesday night, Liverpool finished top of the UEFA Champions League group stage and have now learned which four teams they could face in the next round.
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Liverpool prospective round of 16 opponents
Liverpool are set to play one of the teams who finished in 15th, 16th, 17th or 18th position in the final group standings. In this regards, the Reds are set to face either Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica, Monaco or Brest in the Champions League round of 16.
The draw for the knockout playoffs will take place on Friday 31st January. The teams placed 9th to 24th play eight two-legged matches to determine who will join the top 8 sides in the round of 16.
These playoffs are scheduled to take place on February 11th/12th and 18th/19th.
Despite, Slot’s team now having a clearer picture of their potential opponents, they will not be aware of which of these teams they will play in the knockout stage until the Round of 16 draw on February 21, the same day the draws for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will be held.
After the draw, the complete Champions League bracket will be finalized.
The Reds can sit back and watch the the knockout phase playoffs unfold. As a seeded team, they also enjoy the benefit of playing the second leg of the Round of 16 at Anfield.
The remaining dates for this season’s Champions League are as follows Playoff draw-January 31st, Knockout playoffs-February 11th/12th and 18th/19th, Knockout draw-February 21st, Round of 16-March 4th/5th and 11th/12th, Quarter-finals-April 8th/9th and 15th/16th, Semi-finals-April 29th/30th and May 6th/7th, Final-May 31st.