Champions League permutations: Who could Liverpool, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Celtic and Man City play in knockout stages?

29 January 2025, 18:30 | Updated: 30 January 2025, 09:39

The Champions League group stages are over and we've got a much better idea of who will play who in the knockout stages. Who will the English sides and Celtic face?

Pep Guardiola faces a potential return to Bayern Munich in the play-offs after his Manchester City side beat Club Brugge to continue their Champions League campaign.

But City will face a tough test to reach the last 16 with City and Celtic facing either Bayern Munich or Real Madrid for a chance to play Atletico Madrid or Bayer Leverkusen after that in the last 16.

"Real Madrid or Bayern Munich - one is the king of the competition, the other one is maybe the second or third king of the competition," Guardiola said after City's potential opponents were revealed.

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