Manchester City have discovered who they will be facing in this season's Champions League group stages.
Pep Guardiola's side were in pot one for the draw due to winning the Premier League last season. Due to being in the top pot, City could not be drawn against Real Madrid, Eintracht Frankfurt, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, PSG, FC Porto and Ajax.
Teams in the same federation can also not face each other until the quarter-final stages of the Champions League meaning that Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur were also avoided. Following the draw in Istanbul, we now know that City will face Sevilla, Borussia Dortmund and FC Copenhagen in Group G.
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It means that Erling Haaland will face a quick reunion with his former club, following his summer move to Manchester from the German side.
The first round of fixtures in the Champions League will be played on September 6/7 before the remaining matchdays occur on September 13/14, October 4/5, October 11/12, October 25/26 and November 1/2. Matches are crammed into a shorter time period due to the winter World Cup which begins on Sunday, November 20.
City are back in action on Saturday when they host Crystal Palace at the Etihad Stadium in a 3pm kick-off.
GROUP A: Ajax, Liverpool, Napoli, Rangers
GROUP B: FC Porto, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Club Brugge
GROUP C: Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Inter, Viktoria Plzen
GROUP D: Eintracht Frankfurt, Spurs, Sporting, Marseille
GROUP E: AC Milan, Chelsea, RB Salzburg, Dinamo Zagreb
GROUP F: Real Madrid, RB Leipzig, Shakhtar Donetsk, Celtic
GROUP G: Manchester City, Sevilla, Borussia Dortmund, FC Copenhagen
GROUP H: PSG, Juventus, Benfica, Maccabi Haifa
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