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By SAM BROOKES Published: 20: 34 AEDT, 21 February 2025 | Updated: 00: 01 AEDT, 22 February 2025 68 View comments Follow Mail Sport's live blog for the Champions League last-16 draw. Liverpool, Arsenal and Aston Villa have all made it through, but Manchester City missed out in the play-off round. Martin Odegaard has struggled to find his best form since returning from an ankle injury earlier this season, but he does have fond memories of playing against PSV. If you missed Benfica vs Barcelona last month, it was an absolutely ridiculous game. Barcelona won 5-4 with Benfica also reduced to 10 men late on. Let's hope they can serve up something half as good in the last-16. Liverpool beat PSG 3-2 in a thriller in 2018. Will we see a repeat next month? Read below for a thorough rundown of how the three English clubs could meet each other in the latter stages of the Champions League. Arne Slot has given his immediate reaction to Liverpool being paired with PSG in the last-16. Mail Sport columnist Martin Keown expects his former club Arsenal to get the job done against PSV. Aston Villa were beaten 1-0 by Club Brugge in the league phase in November. The winning goal came from a penalty after a bizarre handball by Tyrone Mings. Can Villa get their revenge next month? Arsenal and PSV have faced each other eight times in the Champions League. There have been four draws, with three wins for Arsenal and just one victory for PSV. Bodes well for the Gunners. Liverpool have never faced PSG in the knockout stages of a European competition before. The two teams faced each other in the group stages in 2018/19, with Liverpool winning 3-2 at home, before PSG won 2-1 in Paris. Liverpool went on to win the Champions League that season. A good omen perhaps? Atletico Madrid have a punishing schedule over the coming weeks. Then again, you get the sense Diego Simeone might relish having his team tested to their limits. There has been plenty of focus on the English clubs, but how about a Madrid derby and Bayern Munich vs Bayer Leverkusen? You won't want to miss those games! The draw has been mapped out for you, so when will the games actually be played? The quarter-finals will be April 8/9 and April 15/16. The semi-finals will then be April 29/30 and May 6/7 before the final on May 31. Due to qualifying automatically for the last-16, all three English clubs will play away first before having home advantage for the second leg. This means they will all play away on either March 4 or 5, and then play at home on March 11 or 12. Villa will fancy their chances of getting past Club Brugge, but then may have a domestic showdown with Liverpool in the last-eight. They could then have to get past Real Madrid or Arsenal in the semis, before taking on Barcelona or Bayern in the final. Arsenal will play PSV Eindhoven next, but then may be left to face Real Madrid in the quarter-finals. A potential semi-final against Liverpool or PSG would be next, and then possibly Barcelona or Bayern Munich in the final. Liverpool could not have got a much tougher draw as they will take on PSG in the last-16. A quarter-final with Aston Villa could follow, before a potential semi-final against Real Madrid or Arsenal and a final against Barcelona. Well that was all over in a flash. We will map it all out for you in just a moment. Anyone fancy an Arsenal vs Real Madrid quarter-final! ? We could get Liverpool vs Aston Villa in the quarter-finals! Liverpool are paired with the French champions. A very tough draw for the Reds. Villa avoid Dortmund! It's all pretty complicated, but I can assure you that we will keep you well informed when the draw starts. We are just moments away now. .. Bayern Munich icon Giovane Elber, who won the Champions League in 2001, is up on stage to take part in the draw. A little chat with him and we should be underway after that. We are just having a rundown of the 16 teams still involved, and then the draw will commence. The draw will be starting imminently. .. Darwin Nunez produced a glaring miss against Aston Villa on Wednesday and was criticised by Arne Slot for his reaction to it. But could he still have a big role to play between now and the end of the season for Liverpool? Indeed we will. That's right, in the next 45 minutes or so, all will become clear as to exactly what each team needs to do to make the final in Munich on May 31. We are nearly there! The Champions League draw should be starting in 10 minutes. Aston Villa will take on either Club Brugge, who shocked Europa League winners Atalanta, or last year's Champions League finalists Borussia Dortmund. For Arsenal, we know they will either play Feyenoord or PSV Eindhoven. Either way, a trip to the Netherlands is on the cards. Heading into today's draw, each clubs knows they will be facing one of two teams. For Liverpool, they will either take on PSG or Benfica in the last-16. The new format means shorter breaks in between matches in the Champions League this season. The last-16 first legs will be played on March 4 and 5, with the return matches taking place on March 11 and 12. Aston Villa have been so impressive in Europe this season and went toe-to-toe with Liverpool in midweek in the Premier League. Can the fairytale adventure continue for Unai Emery and Co? Harry Kane was forced off at half-time of Bayern's clash with Celtic on Tuesday night as the German giants squeezed through to the last-16. The Champions League returns in less than two weeks, which is a quick turnaround, but Kane is rated as 50/50 for this weekend, and should be back in time to play in the knockout stages next month. As we close in on the Champions League draw, Arsenal have posted a clip from exactly 19 years ago of a certain Thierry Henry ripping Real Madrid apart at the Bernabeu. This one's for you, Gunners fans. .. With just over an hour to go until the draw, here's a rundown of all 16 teams still in this year's competition. Premier League: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Liverpool La Liga: Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Real Madrid Serie A: Inter Milan Ligue 1: Lille, PSG Bundesliga: Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund Eredivisie: Feyenoord, PSV Eindhoven Primeira Liga: Benfica Belgian Pro League: Club Brugge Liverpool topped the league phase and have been enjoying an excellent season under Arne Slot. It looks like they could be the team to beat, although the Reds have experienced a slight wobble in recent weeks, and they could come up against PSG who dispatched Brest 10-0 on aggregate in their play-off tie. We are expecting today's draw in Nyon, Switzerland to get underway at around 11am. It will then be followed by the Europa League and Europa Conference League draws. The Champions League appears more open that it has been in years, and it is difficult to pick an outright winner. But AI has given it a go. Here's what their supercomputer came up with ahead of the last-16. We already know that Arsenal will face Dutch opposition in the next round, but could they come up against one of their former players? Arsenal are due to take on either Feyenoord or PSV Eindhoven in the last-16, and Robin van Persie has been heavily linked with taking charge of the former. Van Persie was a fans' favourite at the Emirates, but then made a controversial switch to rivals Manchester United in 2012. The Champions League draw used to be very simple, but things have changed slightly this year due to the new format. Not to worry, Mail Sport has got you covered! Below is how the draw is set to work this morning. .. Hello and welcome to our coverage of today's Champions League last-16 draw. The draw is coming up later this morning so stick with us to find out who Liverpool, Arsenal and Aston Villa will face in the next round. Published by Associated Newspapers Ltd Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group