Liverpool draw City in Champions League Quarter Finals.

Liverpool will play at Anfield in the first leg

Author: David SandersonPublished 16th Mar 2018
Last updated 16th Mar 2018

Liverpool and Manchester City will play each other in the last eight of the Champions League.

"We've lost once and we've won once against them in the league - and I don't think they thought before the best draw they could have got is Liverpool. " - Jurgen Klopp

City secured their place in the last eight by beating Basel, having won the away leg 4-0, but then lost 2-1 at home in the second leg.

Liverpool saw off Porto in the round of 16, which also saw an impressive away performance with a 5-0 victory at the Estadio do Dragao ahead of a routine goalless draw at Anfield.

Anfield will host the first leg of the quarter-final tie, which will be played on April 3 or 4 with the second leg to be held on April 10 or 11.

Elsewhere in Friday's quarter-final draw, holders Real Madrid were handed a tie against Italian giants Juventus, who beat Tottenham in the last round.

LaLiga leaders Barcelona will play Roma, while the reward for Sevilla's victory over Manchester United was a date against Bayern Munich of Germany.

UEFA later announced that the first leg at Anfield would be played on Wednesday, April 4 with the return match at the Etihad being played on Tuesday, April 10.

Reds boss Jurgen Klopp told his club's official website: "I've said it before and it's still the truth, it's always common in a draw that you'll get your neighbour, more or less, but to be honest I don't mind, really.

"It is exactly like it was before - we take what we've got. Now it's Manchester City, let's go.

"We've lost once and we've won once against them in the league - and I don't think they thought before the best draw they could have got is Liverpool. That's a sign for us and how strong we can be.

"We are for sure not the favourites in this round, but in the last eight there are not a lot of favourites - maybe two of them, Bayern and Barcelona - but thank god it's football and nothing is decided.

"We have a few games to play until then, but I am really looking forward to it and we will give it everything.'