Manchester United draw PSG in Champions League group stage, Lionel Messi to face Cristiano Ronaldo

Updated 01/10/2020 at 16:45 GMT

Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea discovered their fate in the Uefa Champions League draw in Geneva, while Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will face off in Group G. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s United received the toughest draw, allocated in the same group as 2020 finalists Paris Saint Germain and semi-finalists RB Leipzig.

Manchester United's Norwegian manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer reacts on the touchline after the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Southampton at Old Trafford in Manchester, north-west England, on July 13, 2020

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Manchester United received the toughest Champions League group stage draw among the Premier League contingent, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side placed alongside Paris Saint Germain in Group H.

Also joining United in the group will be RB Leipzig, who reached the semi-finals of the 2020 competition before a 3-0 loss against PSG, and relative minnows Istanbul Basaksehir.

United beat PSG in the Champions League round of 16 in 2019 in one of the highlights of Solskjaer’s tenure, but did not qualify for the competition last season.

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Marcus Rashford #10 of Manchester United shakes the hand of Kylian Mbappe #7 of Paris Saint-Germain after the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Second Leg match between Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United at Parc des Princes on March 6, 2019.

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Chelsea will face Europa League champions Sevilla, while Liverpool v Ajax and Manchester City v Porto are the other standout fixtures for English clubs in the draw.

Defending champions Bayern Munich will face La Liga champions Atletico Madrid in Group A, while Lionel Messi will go head-to-head with Cristiano Ronaldo after Barcelona were drawn alongside Juventus in Group G.

The Groups In Full

Group A: Bayern Munich, Atlético Madrid, Salzburg, Lokomotiv Moscow
Group B: Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Inter, Monchengladbach
Group C: Porto, Manchester City, Olympiakos, Marseille
Group D: Liverpool, Ajax, Atalanta, Midtjylland
Group E: Sevilla, Chelsea, Krasnodar, Rennes
Group F: Zenit, Dortmund, Lazio, Club Brugge
Group G: Juventus, Barcelona, Dynamo Kyiv, Ferencvaros
Group H: PSG, Manchester United, RB Leipzig, Istanbul Basaksehir

The Champions League draw was held in Geneva with a very familiar format, albeit with the absence of representatives of the clubs due to coronavirus restrictions.

Pedro Pinto and Reshmin Chowdhury hosted the event, with Giorgio Marchetti running the draw itself, and former Chelsea players Didier Drogba and Florent Malouda tasked with picking the names out.

The evening also included a number of individual awards, which were as follows:

Men's Player of the Year: Robert Lewandowski
Women's Player of the Year: Pernille Harder
Men's Coach of the Year: Hansi Flick
Women's Coach of the Year: Jean-Luc Vasseur
Best women’s goalkeeper: Sarah Bouhaddi
Best men’s defender: Joshua Kimmich
Best women’s defender: Wendie Renard
Best men’s midfielder: Kevin de Bruyne
Best women’s midfielder: Dzsenifer Marozsan
Best men’s forward: Robert Lewandowski
Best women’s forward: Pernille Harder

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