Manchester City
Borussia Dortmund home
Real Madrid away
Bayer Leverkusen home
Villarreal away
Napoli home
Bodo Glimt away
Galatasaray home
Monaco away
Verdict Marked improvement needed for a smooth path to the knockoutshaving scraped in last season with 11 pointsTough matches drawn from lower pots including a trip north of the Arctic Circle to face Bodo Glimtwhile facing Kevin De Bruyne will be an emotional reunion.
Liverpool
Real Madrid home
Inter Milan away
Atlético Madrid home
Eintracht Frankfurt away
PSV Eindhoven home
Marseille away
Qarabag home
Galatasaray away
Verdict Qarabag asidethere are no bankers in this list of matchesFacing Trent Alexander-Arnold will catch the headlineswith trips to Istanbul and Marseille testing Arne Slot’s squad.
Arsenal
Bayern Munich home
Inter Milan away
Atlético Madrid home
Club Brugge away
Olympiacos home
Slavia Prague away
Kairat Almaty home
Athletic Bilbao away
Verdict Avoiding a trip to Kazakhstan to face Kairat Almaty saves them from a gruelling midweek journeybut there are some European heavyweights to beat in a tough group to reach the knockout stages.
Chelsea
Barcelona home
Bayern Munich away
Benfica home
Atalanta away
Ajax home
Napoli away
Pafos home
Qarabag away
Verdict Bayern and Barcelona are tough drawswhile Napoli away will not be easyDefeat there in 2012 was in Andre Villas-Boas’s final days as manager but they went on to win the tournament that yearThey have won against Qarabag beforeso Azerbaijan should not be a daunting trip.
Tottenham Hotspur
Borussia Dortmund home
PSG away
Villarreal home
Eintracht Frankfurt away
Slavia Prague home
Bodo Glimt away
Copenhagen home
Monaco away
Verdict Defeated Eintracht and Bodo last season on the way to winning the Europa Leagueso will fancy beating themAlso took Paris St-Germain to penalties in the Uefa Super CupLooks like a decent chance of getting out of the league stage.
Newcastle United
Barcelona home
PSG away
Benfica home
Bayer Leverkusen away
PSV Eindhoven home
Marseille away
Athletic Bilbao home
Union SG away
Verdict Home matches will be the key to getting the amount of points that should help them out of the league phasesThe pot one teams Barcelona and PSG are toughbut Newcastle beat the current European champions at St JamesPark and drew with them at Parc des Princes when they last played two years ago.,
