Liverpool will face Benfica either side of their potential Premier League title-decider with Man City next month.
With both the Reds and Pep Guardiola’s side through to the Champions League quarter-finals, they faced the possibility of taking on each other three times in the space of a week. Meanwhile, if both sides progressed to the FA Cup semi-finals and had been drawn against each other, it was possible for them to lock horns four times in a row.
However, mercifully Jurgen Klopp ’s men have been spared the prospect of repeated clashes with the reigning champions and will instead warm up for their trip to the Etihad with a trip to Benfica on Tuesday 5 April, after hosting Watford in the lunchtime kick-off on Saturday 2 April. In contrast - and in a potential boost for Klopp and co. - City will play Atletico Madrid either side of facing Liverpool on the same dates as the Reds' own ties.
