This was our live commentary on the Champions League Draw.
The Champions League draw is underway with Liverpool sitting proudly atop the rankings.
Fellow English clubs Chelsea (UEFA Cup winners) and Man City (Premier League winners) are also in pot 1. Spurs are in pot 2.
| Pot 1 Liverpool FC Chelsea Barcelona Manchester City Juventus Bayern München Paris Saint-Germain Zenit |
Pot 2 Real Madrid Atletico Madrid Borussia Dortmund Napoli Shakhtar Donetsk Spurs Ajax Benfica |
| Pot 3 Lyon Bayer Leverkusen FC Salzburg Olympiacos Brugge Valencia Inter Milan Dinamo Zagreb |
Pot 4 Lokomotiv Moscow Racing Genk Galatasaray RB Leipzig Slavia Prague Red Star Belgrade Atalanta Lille |
WATCH LIVE (further updates underneath this video)
As it happened...
Eric Cantona on the stage to receive some award.
Goes on about science and stuff.
Weird. Even weirder is the applause he receives.
Alisson and Virgil at tonight's draw
???? @Alissonbecker x @VirgilvDijk ???? #UCLdraw pic.twitter.com/UCekQS24QY
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) August 29, 2019
20 minutes in and we've got one man behind the four pots. Petr Cech.
This could take some time to get to meat of the action.
Awards time.
Not a surprise. He's boss.
Draw about to start.. in stages
As well as country protection - Russia and Ukraine teams will also not face each other in the groups.
And we're in Group E.
Nobody to play yet.
Another Champions League award for big Virg
About to find out who Liverpool's 'biggest opponents' will be.
Spurs drawn into Bayern Munich's group first.
Ajax with Chelsea.
Dortmund with Barcelona.
Benfica with Zenit St Petersburg.
Both Madrid clubs still in.
Real Madrid with Paris St Germain.
Shakhtar Donetsk with Man City.
Atletico Madrid with Juventus.
Liverpool get Napoli.
Inter are first out. They can't face us because Napoli are in our group.
Inter go into the same group as Barcelona and Dortmund.
Liverpool, Napoli and now FC Salzburg
Here's the final clubs now coming out the bowl!
Our group is now complete - Italy, Austria and Belgium to visit this Autumn/Winter.
Group E
Liverpool
Napoli
Salzburg
Racing Genk
Should be published by about 9pm tonight UK time.
Not a bad group for the reds, but winning the Champions League, and being in pot 1 should confer some advantage after all!
