Tottenham draw a DREAM group in their return to the Champions League… with Liverpool in the toughest test of English clubs, Chelsea drawing AC Milan and Haaland in Dortmund.
- Tottenham Hotspur hosted an extremely friendly Champions League group
- Spurs drew against Eintracht Frankfurt, Sporting Lisbon and Marseille
- Elsewhere, there is a tough test for Liverpool, while Chelsea face AC Milan
- Manchester City’s Erling Haaland is set to return to former club Borussia Dortmund
- Below, Sportsmail gathers all the reactions to Thursday’s group stage draw
By Max Mathews for Mailonline
Published: 13:55, August 25, 2022 | Updated: 19:21, August 25, 2022
Tottenham have been handed an extremely friendly draw as they return to the top table of European football with the Champions League group stage draw on Thursday.
Antonio Conte’s resurgent side will face Europa League winners Eintracht Frankfurt, Sporting Lisbon and Marseille in what looks like a dream Group D.
Liverpool, meanwhile, were handed the toughest task of the English clubs, with Ajax, Napoli and Rangers in Group A, with a “Battle of Britain” set to kick off when the Reds take on the team of Giovanni van Bronckhorst.
Tottenham are handed an extremely friendly draw as they return to the top table of European football
The north London outfit will face Europa League winners Eintracht Frankfurt, Sporting Lisbon and Marseille in what looks like a dream Group D after returning to the Champions League.
Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea have a good draw: AC Milan, Salzburg and Dinamo Zagreb in Group E
Jurgen Klopp (pictured) saw his Liverpool side, last year’s losing finalists, handed the toughest task of the English clubs, alongside Ajax, Napoli and Rangers in Group A.
And Manchester City striker Erling Haaland (pictured) will return to former club Borussia Dortmund when the teams meet twice in Group G. City will also face Sevilla and FC Copenhagen.
Champions League group stage draw
Group A: LIVERPOOL, Ajax, Napoli, RANGERS.
Group B: Atlético Madrid, Porto, Bayer Leverkusen, Club Brugge.
Group C: Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Viktoria Plzen.
Group D: Eintracht Frankfurt, TOTTENHAM, Sporting Lisbon, Marseille.
Group E: AC Milan, CHELSEA, Red Bull Salzburg, Dinamo Zagreb.
Group F: Real Madrid, RB Leipzig, Shakhtar Donetsk, CELTIC.
Group G: MANCHESTER CITY, Sevilla, Borussia Dortmund, FC Copenhagen.
Group H: Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus, Benfica, Maccabi Haifa.
It will be the first time the two teams have played in a competitive game – they face a Rangers side who qualified for the play-offs after beating Dutch side PSV on Wednesday.
Elsewhere, Chelsea have been drawn alongside Italian champions AC Milan in Group E.
Manchester City striker Erling Haaland will return to former club Borussia Dortmund when the teams meet twice in Group G.
Norwegian striker Haaland, who swapped Dortmund for the English champions this summer, will return to Signal Iduna Park in a mouth-watering clash.
City, who crashed out of the semi-finals last year against eventual winners Real Madrid, will also face Sevilla and FC Copenhagen, who are looking to finally add a European trophy to their domestic achievements.
Rangers’ Old Firm rivals Celtic face reigning champions Real Madrid, along with RB Leipzig and Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk in Group F.
Thomas Tuchel’s Blues, meanwhile, will field former player Fikayo Tomori when they take on Milan.
The west London outfit also face Red Bull Salzburg and Dinamo Zagreb in a friendly-looking group.
Group C, meanwhile, looks to be the “Group of Death”, with European giants Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Inter Milan all together.
The Czech Viktoria Plzen is unlucky to be the fourth team in this group.
PSG, Juventus and Benfica join Maccabi Haifa in an interesting-looking Group H, with Porto, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen and Club Brugge contesting Group B.
Former Manchester City and Barcelona star Yaya Toure (above) completed the UEFA draw
Did you miss any of the action? Catch up on what happened game by game with the Champions League group stage draw live blog from Sportsmail’s MAX MATHEWS and ADAM SHERGOLD.