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28th Aug 2014

Worst-case scenarios for the English teams in the Champions League group stage draw today

These are the groups that the Premier League sides will be hoping to avoid...

Joe Harrington

These are the groups that the Premier League sides will be hoping to avoid…

The draw for the Champions League group stage takes place at 4.45pm in Monaco this evening. The Premier League has four clubs in the draw with Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal all qualified for the competition.

We know the fans of all four clubs are a little bit tense in anticipation of who their team will have to face over the next few months. So with that knowledge, we’ve decided to add even more tension by showing you the worst possible draw for the four sides.

Don’t panic though because the chances of these groups being drawn are very unlikely but stranger things have happened…

Manchester City

FC Barcelona v Manchester City - UEFA Champions League Round of 16

The Premier League champions won’t fear anyone because they are one of the best teams and squads in the competition. Manuel Pellegrini has turned them into a free-flowing, clinical machine and we think this could be the year they make the breakthrough in Europe. Here’s the toughest group Citeh can be drawn in…

Manchester City
Real Madrid
Bayer Leverkusen
Roma

Liverpool

UEFA Champions League Semi Final: Liverpool v Chelsea

The Reds are back in the competition so Liverpool fans are hoping for a few more of those famous Anfield nights in the season ahead. Brendan Rodgers has strengthened the squad but it’ll be interesting to see if they can balance the Premier League and Champions League workload. Here’s the worst case scenario for them in the groups…

Liverpool
Real Madrid
Paris Saint-Germain
Roma

Chelsea

Chelsea FC Victory Parade

It’s Jose Mourinho’s second season back in charge of Chelsea and you know what that means, he’s definitely going to win something, that’s been the trend. Whether he can win the Champions League for a third time remains to be seen but they’re as well equipped as anyone. Here’s the tastiest group the Blues could draw…

Chelsea
Juventus
Athletic Bilbao
Monaco

Arsenal

Arsenal FC v Besiktas JK - UEFA Champions League Qualifying Play-Offs Round: Second Leg

After a long period of squeaky bum time at the Emirates last night, Arsenal booked their place in the group stage thanks to a 1-0 aggregate win over Besiktas. The Gunners have been knocked out in the last 16 in the past four seasons so they know they need a good group stage if they want to secure a more favourable draw for the knockout stages. This is the toughest group they can get…

Arsenal
Paris Saint Germain
Athletic Bilbao
Roma

The event in Monaco is due to start at 4.45pm but between pointless interviews and the painstakingly slow explanation of how the draw works, the interesting stuff will probably take place after 5pm.

Here are all the pots

Pot 1: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Benfica, Atletico Madrid, Arsenal, Porto

Pot 2: Schalke 04, Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain, Shakhtar Donetsk, Basel,Zenit Saint Petersburg, Manchester City

Pot 3: Bayer Leverkusen, Olympiacos, CSKA Moscow, Ajax, Liverpool, Sporting CP, Galatasaray, Athletic Bilbao

Pot 4: Anderlecht, Roma, APOEL, BATE Borisov, Ludogorets Razgrad, Maribor, Monaco, Malmo FF

We’ll be live tweeting the draw on our Twitter page @JOEdotie so follow us and you won’t miss a thing.