Istanbul: Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City, two leading candidates to win the Champions League, will face each other in the competition group stage this season after going out together in the draw on Thursday.
Pep Guardiola’s City beat PSG in the semi-final League Champions last season on the way to lose the final to Chelsea in Porto.
Qatar-owned Paris responded to the disappointment by signing Lionel Messi and it was possible that two club meetings could see Argentina against her big rival Cristiano Ronaldo.
Portuguese forward was very associated with moving to Abu Dhabi city from Juventus before the European transfer window was closed on Tuesday, August 31.
These clubs along with Leipzig RB and Champions Club Brugge.
Leipzig was in the group with PSG last season, both parties qualified for the last 16 in front of Manchester United.
Germany, who also lost to PSG in 2020 semi-finals in Lisbon, lost coach Julian Nagelsmann to Bayern Munich in the summer and replaced it with Jesse Marsch.
The Chelsea holder will play Juventus in Group H and the two clubs will be expected to advance from the part also including Russian champions Zenit Saint Petersburg and Malmo.
Swedish champions dropped Rangers in the third qualifying round.
Saint Petersburg will host the Champions League final this season on May 28 next year.
Draw Thursday in Istanbul also saw Barcelona coming out in an interesting e group together with Bayern Munich, Benfica and Ukrainian champion Dynamo Kiev.
For Barca it will be the first meeting with Bayern because they are humble 8-2 by the German giant at the Estadio da Luz Benfica in Lisbon in the quarter-finals a year ago.
Liverpool will face Spanish champions Atletico Madrid, which means returning to Wanda Metropolitano Stadium where they beat Tottenham Hostpur in the 2019 final to win the European Cup for the sixth time.
Jurgen Klopp’s side will also play AC Milan and FC Porto in Group B.
Milan is back in the Champions League for the first time since 2013/14.
Manchester United came out in F group with Villarreal, Atalanta and Swiss Champions boys.
The Gunnar Solskjaer side lost to Villarreal at a penalty in the European League final last season.
The first round of group equipment will be played on September 14 and 15.
PSG to play Manchester City in the Champions League group stage
