Champions League league-phase draw: Liverpool and Manchester City to face Real Madrid, Chelsea play Barcelona and Tottenham travel to Paris Saint-Germain

Alexander-Arnold will be heading back to his boyhood club after Spanish giants Real Madrid were drawn against Liverpool. Manchester City will also take on Los Blancos in what is shaping up to be a tough league phase for the English clubs. Elsewhere, Arsenal have a tough task after being drawn against Bayern, Inter and Atletico Madrid, while north London rivals Tottenham will play defending champions Paris Saint-Germain. And over in west London, Chelsea have fixtures against Barcelona and Antonio Conte's Napoli.

The English draw is as follows: 

LIVERPOOL: Real Madrid (H), Inter Milan (A), Atletico Madrid (H), Eintracht Frankfurt (A), PSV Eindhoven (H), Marseille (A), Qarabag (H) and Galatasaray (A). 

MANCHESTER CITY: Borussia Dortmund (H), Real Madrid (A), Bayer Leverkusen (H), Villarreal (A), Napoli (H), Bodo/Glimt (A), Galatasaray (H) and Monaco (A).

CHELSEA: Barcelona (H), Bayern Munich (A), Benfica (H), Atalanta (A), Ajax (H), Napoli (A), Pafos (H) and Qarabag (A).

ARSENAL: Bayern Munich (H), Inter Milan (A), Atletico Madrid (H), Club Brugge (A), Olympiacos (H), Slavia Prague (A), Kairat Almaty (H) and Athletic Bilbao (A).

TOTTENHAM: Borussia Dortmund (H), Paris Saint-Germain (A), Villarreal (H), Eintracht Frankfurt (A), Slavia Prague (H), Bodo/Glimt (A) Copenhagen (H) and Monaco (A).

NEWCASTLE: Barcelona (H), Paris Saint-Germain (A), Benfica (H), Bayer Leverkusen (A), PSV Eindhoven (H), Marseille (A), Athletic Bilbao (H) and Union SG (A).

Elsewhere, elite teams throughout Europe have been handed the following draws: 

PSG:Bayern Munich (H), Barcelona (A), Atalanta (H), Bayer Leverkusen (A), Tottenham Hotspur (H), Sporting (A), Newcastle United (H) and Athletic Club (A).

BARCELONA:Paris Saint-Germain (H), Chelsea (A), Eintracht Frankfurt (H), Club Brugge (A), Olympiacos (H), Slavia Prague (A), Copenhagen (H), Newcastle (A)

REAL MADRID: Manchester City (H), Liverpool (A), Juventus (H), Benfica (A), Marseille (H), Olympiacos (A), Monaco (H), and Kairat Almaty (A).

BORUSSIA DORTMUND:Inter Milan (H), Manchester City (A), Villarreal (H), Juventus (A), Bodo/Glimt (H), Tottenham (A), Athletic Bilbao (H), Copenhagen (A).

BAYERN MUNICH:Chelsea (H), Paris Saint-Germain (A), Club Brugge (H), Arsenal (A), Sporting (H), PSV (A), Union SG (H) and Pafos (A).

INTER MILAN: Liverpool (H), Borusia Dortmund (A), Arsenal (H), Atletico Madrid (A), Slavia Prague (H), Ajax (A), Kairat Almaty (H) and Union SG (A).

All match dates and kick-off times for the 2025-26 Champions League league phase are due to be announced on Saturday.