Liverpool was left to pay for not winning its Champions League group with a round of 16 showdown against reigning champion Real Madrid.
The pairing will mark the fifth and sixth meeting between the two sides in Champions League in less than five years. As well as the 2018 final, it will also be a rematch of last year’s Champions League final, when Real Madrid won its 14th European Cup/Champions League title thanks to a Vinícius Júnior winner.
Like Liverpool, PSG was also dealt a challenging draw due its second-place finish (Both Liverpool and PSG finished tied for first on points in their respective groups but lost the tiebreaker.). The meeting will be a rematch of the 2020 Champions League final, which Bayern won, 1-0. However, PSG prevailed on away goals in their last meeting in the 2020-21 quarterfinals.