Champions League draw: Juventus to face Madrid, Man City to meet Liverpool

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Nyon, March 16: Real Madrid will face Juventus in a repeat of last season's Champions League final, while Premier League sides Manchester City and Liverpool have been drawn together in the quarter-finals. Holders Madrid will have to beat Juventus again if they are to claim the trophy for the third year in a row, having triumphed 4-1 against the Italian champions in Cardiff last May. Madrid will be at home for the second leg, with the first match of the tie to be played in Turin on April 3 or 4.

Manchester City will travel to Anfield for the first leg of their quarter-final as Pep Guardiola seeks a third Champions League title.

The Etihad Stadium will host the second leg of the all-Premier League tie on either April 10 or 11.

Sevilla's reward for knocking out Manchester United in the round of 16 is a tie with German giants Bayern Munich, who have the advantage of playing the second leg at home.

And the other remaining Serie A side in the competition, Roma, have the daunting task of taking on LaLiga leaders Barcelona.

Roma, however, will play at their Stadio Olimpico home for the second leg of that tie.

Roma front-man Francesco Totti says Barcelona will not have it easy against the Italian team.

"I'm happy we are among the eight strongest in Europe," he told Premium Sport. "They are all difficult, [but] Barcelona will have to sweat to beat Roma.

"We face this challenge with serenity and tranquillity, we know that Barcelona is one of the strongest teams in Europe but we know that we can do well against them too.

"Be assured that they will be worried about facing Roma. We want to show that Roma can compete with Barcelona.

"Everyone expects the passage of Barca's round but they will find a great Roma.

"If we want to win this competition, we have to face all the strongest teams. Dealing with players like Messi and [Luis] Suarez gives a great stimulus.

"We finished first in a very difficult first round, we [then] faced Shakhtar and we made a positive journey."

'Don't mind City'

After the draw, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said he doesn't mind facing Man City.

"I've said it before and it's still the truth," Klopp told Liverpool's website. "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 [beforehand] they thought 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 [Munich] 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."

Draw in full:

Barcelona v Roma

Sevilla v Bayern Munich

Juventus v Real Madrid

Liverpool v Manchester City

Source: OPTA