Champions League draw live - Man Utd, Arsenal, Man City and Newcastle learn fate

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The Champions League group stage draw will take place this afternoon (Image: AP)
The Champions League group stage draw will take place this afternoon (Image: AP)

Holders Manchester City will begin their Champions League defence in a group with RB Leipzig and Red Star Belgrade.

Manchester United are back in the Champions League after a year away and, like it was written in the stars, will face Harry Kane and Bayern Munich. Arsenal's involvement marks their first crack at the continent's big boys since 2016-17 and they will be happy with their group which features Sevilla, PSV Eindhoven and Lens.

Newcastle are back in the group stages for the first time since the 2002-03 season and have been handed some heavyweight ties with PSG, AC Milan and Borussia Dortmund all heading to St James' Park.

We'll bring you all the reaction - here's the draw in full.

That's all from us

Champions League draw done - roll on matchday one!

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See you then!

More awards handed out..

The UEFA Women's Player of the Year is Aitana Bonmati.

The UEFA Men's Player of the Year has gone to Erling Haaland.

UEFA dishing out some awards

Pep Guardiola has been named UEFA's Men's Coach of the Year after guiding Man City to the treble.

Lionesses boss Sarina Wiegman has been named UEFA's Women's Coach of the Year.

A face to sum it up

Dan Ashworth, one of the men behind the scenes at Newcastle, well, his face summed up the challenge they face.

PSG and Borussia Dortmund will both be coming to town.

Champions League draw live - Man Utd, Arsenal, Man City and Newcastle learn fate (TNT Sports)

GROUP STAGE DRAW COMPLETE

Group A - Bayern Munich, Man Utd, Copenhagen, Galatasaray

Group B - Sevilla, Arsenal, PSV, Lens

Group C - Napoli, Real Madrid, Braga, Union Berlin

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Group D - Benfica, Inter, RB Salzburg, Real Sociedad

Group E - Feyenoord, Atletico Madrid, Lazio, Celtic

Group F - PSG, Borussia Dortmund, AC Milan, Newcastle

Group G - Man City, RB Leipzig, Red Star Belgrade, BSC Young Boys

Group H - Barcelona, Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk, Royal Antwerp

Final name out

Royal Antwerp, the debutants, go into Group H with Barca!

Celtic to face Atletico

The Scottish giants into Group E with Lazio, Atletico and Feyenoord.

Youngs Boys and Lens drawn

The Swiss side go into Group G with Man City.

Lens are out and put into Group B with Arsenal and Sevilla.

Two more teams to go...

Union Berlin into Group C

German minnows to face the likes of Napoli and Real!

Galatasaray into Group A

The Turkish side will host the likes of Man Utd and Bayern.

Newcastle to face PSG and AC Milan

The Magpies are into Group F with AC Milan, PSG and Dortmund.

WOW!

Real Sociedad into Group D

They join Inter, Benfica and Salzburg

Final Pot... here we go

BSC Young Boys

Celtic

Newcastle

Real Sociedad

Union Berlin

Royal Antwerp

Lens

Galatasaray

Pot 3 now complete... here's how we're looking.

Group A - Bayern Munich, Man Utd, Copenhagen

Group B - Sevilla, Arsenal, PSV

Group C - Napoli, Real Madrid, Braga

Group D - Benfica, Inter, RB Salzburg

Group E - Feyenoord, Atletico Madrid, Lazio

Group F - PSG, Borussia Dortmund, AC Milan

Group G - Man City, RB Leipzig, Red Star Belgrade,

Group H - Barcelona, Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk

Newcastle could be handed some nightmare draws...

Copenhagen into Group A

The Danish champions will test themselves against Bayern and Man Utd.

Lazio straight into Group E

They will link up with Feyenoord and Atletico.

Salzburg into Group D

They will join Benfica and Inter.

AC Milan drawn into Group F

The Italians will face PSG and Dortmund.

PSV into Group B

The Dutch side will take on Arsenal and Sevilla.

Shakhtar and Red Star Belgrade drawn early

The Ukrainians go into Group H with Barcelona and Porto

Red Star Belgrade, now known by a different name, are into Group G with Man City.

Pot 3 to come

It features the likes of RB Salzburg, AC Milan, Lazio and PSV.

As things start after the halfway point

Group A - Bayern Munich, Man Utd

Group B - Sevilla, Arsenal

Group C - Napoli, Real Madrid

Group D - Benfica, Inter

Group E - Feyenoord, Atletico Madrid

Group F - PSG, Borussia Dortmund

Group G - Man City, RB Leipzig

Group H - Barcelona, Porto

Pot 2 done..

Porto will face Barcelona whilst heavyweights Real Madrid are drawn with Napoli.

Last year's runners-up straight into Group D

They will face Benfica having been automatically allocated their group.

RB Leipzig to face Man City

The Germans have been drawn into Group G with the champions.

Man Utd go into Group A!

The Red Devils have mouthwatering games to come against Bayern!

Kane back on English soil, anyone mentioning 1999?

Atletico allocated Group E

Diego Simeone's side will take on Feyenoord.

Arsenal into Group B

The Gunners will welcome Sevilla to the Emirates - they will take that!

Dortmund go into Group F

The German side will face PSG.

A reminder of your Pot 2 teams

Real Madrid

Atletico Madrid

Man Utd

Inter

Borussia Dortmund

RB Leipzig

Porto

Arsenal

James Whaling

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