Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea have discovered their fate in this year’s Champions League after the draw was made on Thursday. Chelsea come into this year’s Champions League campaign as the defending European champions and will have a target on their back from the outset.

Both Chelsea and City were put in pot one while Liverpool and United entered in pot two.

There were arguably tougher teams coming out of the second pot with Liverpool and United joined by the likes of PSG, Dortmund, Real Madrid and Juventus among others.

And there immediately some fascinating ties for all English sides involved once their names were pulled out.

City were drawn into Group A and were quickly joined by Lionel Messi’s PSG, RB Leipzig and Club Brugge.

Liverpool meanwhile come up against defending La Liga champions Atletico Madrid and things didn’t get much easier for Jurgen Klopp’s side.

They’ve arguably been handed this year’s ‘group of death’ with both Porto and AC Milan making up the other two spaces in Group B.

Group D and E threw up some interesting clashes with Inter Milan and Real Madrid in the former while Bayern Munich and Barcelona face off in the latter.

United have their chance at revenge for last season’s defeat in the Europa League final as they face Villarreal again.

Atalanta and Young Boys make up the rest of United’s Group F.

Thomas Tuchel will face a tough test against Max Allegri’s Juventus though in Group H.

That may largely depend on what happens to Cristiano Ronaldo, but the Serie A Side are still a formidable opponent for any team.

Champions League draw LIVE

Group A: Man City, PSG, RB Leipzig, Club Brugge

Group B: Atletico Madrid, Liverpool, Porto, AC Milan

Group C: Sporting Lisbon, Borussia Dortmund, Sporting Lisbon, Besiktas

Group D: Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Sheriff Tiraspol

Group E: Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Benfica, Dynami Kiev

Group F: Villarreal, Man Utd, Atalanta, Young Boys

Group G: Lille, Sevilla, Salzburg, Wolfsburg

Group H: Chelsea, Juventus, Zenit, Malmo

5.15pm: A touching tribute to the doctors and medical staff who helped save Christian Eriksen’s life as their handed the UEFA President’s award.

5pm: Here we go with the long video montages of the past season…

Champions League pots

Pot one: Chelsea, Villarreal, Manchester City, Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich, Lille, Sporting Lisbon

Pot two: PSG, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus, Liverpool, Manchester United, Sevilla, Borussia Dortmund

Pot three: Porto, Ajax, Atalanta, RB Leipzig, Zenit St Petersburg, Benfica, Shakhtar Donetsk, RB Salzburg

Pot four: AC Milan, Wolfsburg, Club Bruges, Malmo, Besiktas, Young Boys, Dynamo Kiev, Sheriff Tiraspol.

4.20pm: The group stage draw always seems to be long winded with long speeches and videos playing.

But there is also the small matter of the Champions League awards being handed out throughout the evening. Follow all the information on those awards here.

4pm: Good afternoon and welcome to Express Sport’s live coverage of the Champions League draw.

Chelsea come in as defending champions and will have a target on their backs this year following last season’s success.

But Manchester City, Manchester United and Liverpool will fancy their chances in this year’s competition.

United in particular will be hoping to rectify what happened last year after being knocked out in the group stages.

The draw is scheduled to get underway at 5pm, but there could well be some delays to the evening.

In the meantime, Express Sport conducted a simulation of the draw and the results of that can be found here.