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UEFA Champions League Draw: Reigning champions Paris St Germain will be up against German giants Bayern Munich and La Liga's Barcelona in this season's league phase, while record 15-times winners Real Madrid will face Manchester City and Liverpool after Thursday's draw set up some blockbuster encounters.

PSG will also face Premier League sides Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United, along with Atalanta and Bayer Leverkusen, in the new league phase format, which started last season, where each club plays eight games, four at home and four on the road. Notably, PSG lifted their maiden UCL title with a dominating victory over Inter Milan in the final.

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Real Madrid had a disappointing campaign last season but will be looking to capitalise this year on the back of a few key signings. They are set to be up against Manchester City again for a fifth consecutive season and make a trip to Liverpool in what will be a homecoming for Trent Alexander-Arnold, the English fullback who left Anfield to join Real in the close season.

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The Los Blancos will also take on Juventus at home, but they will have to take a long trip to Eastern Europe in store when they take on Kazakhstan side Kairat Almaty, who stunned Celtic in the playoffs to qualify for the first time. Last season's league phase table toppers Liverpool will also face Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurt, while Bayern play Chelsea, Arsenal and Club Brugge.

Pep Guardiola's City will also host Dortmund, Leverkusen and Napoli while they make two trips to Spain to face Real and Villarreal.

Last season's runners-up Inter Milan host Liverpool and Arsenal, and the Italian side will travel to Borussia Dortmund and Atletico Madrid. Barcelona, LaLiga champions and last year's semi-finalists, host PSG and face away games at Chelsea and Newcastle.

The league phase is scheduled to get underway with the 36 teams playing on eight matchdays between September 16 and January 28. On the other hand, the knockout phase begins in February, while the final will be played on May 30 at the Puskas Arena in Budapest.