Liverpool handed tough Champions League draw

Last year's runners-up Liverpool will meet Paris Saint-Germain and Napoli in the Champions League group stages.

By Darren Plant, Senior Reporter

Published: August 30 2018 | 17:57

Last updated: September 9 2018 | 08:00

Liverpool have been drawn to meet Paris Saint-Germain and Napoli in the Champions League group stages.

The Premier League side enjoyed a run to the final of the competition last season, but Jurgen Klopp's men face a difficult task to reach the last 16 on this occasion.

Liverpool were only placed in pot three due to their fourth-place finish in England's top flight, and that has resulted in early showdowns with French champions PSG and Serie A runners-up Napoli.

Klopp would have hoped for an easier draw from the teams in pot four, but Liverpool will also take on Serbian outfit Red Star Belgrade in Group C.

The first matchday takes place on September 18 and 19.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Liverpool	19	14	4	1	47	19	28	46
2	Arsenal	20	11	7	2	39	18	21	40
3	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	20	12	4	4	29	19	10	40
4	Chelsea	20	10	6	4	39	24	15	36
5	Newcastle United Newcastle	20	10	5	5	34	22	12	35
6	Manchester City Man City	20	10	4	6	36	27	9	34
7	Bournemouth	20	9	6	5	30	23	7	33
8	Aston Villa	20	9	5	6	30	32	-2	32
9	Fulham	20	7	9	4	30	27	3	30
10	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	20	6	10	4	30	29	1	28
11	Brentford	20	8	3	9	38	35	3	27
12	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	20	7	3	10	42	30	12	24
13	Manchester United Man Utd	20	6	5	9	23	28	-5	23
14	West Ham United West Ham	20	6	5	9	24	39	-15	23
15	Crystal Palace	20	4	9	7	21	28	-7	21
16	Everton	19	3	8	8	15	25	-10	17
17	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	20	4	4	12	31	45	-14	16
18	Ipswich Town Ipswich	20	3	7	10	20	35	-15	16
19	Leicester City Leicester	20	3	5	12	23	44	-21	14
20	Southampton	20	1	3	16	12	44	-32	6