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Liverpool will face holders Real Madrid in their first Champions League campaign for five years.<\/p>\n

Two of the tournaments most decorated clubs, with 15 titles between them, were pulled out together in Group B at the draw in Monaco.<\/p>\n

Swiss champions Basel and Bulgaria’s Ludogorets Razgrad, who qualified for the group stage for the first time thanks to two shoot-out saves from emergency goalkeeper Cosmin Moti, are the other teams in the group.<\/p>\n

England’s other three representatives, meanwhile, will all meet the same German opposition as last year.<\/p>\n

Manchester City and Bayern Munich make up Group E with CSKA Moscow and Roma, while Chelsea join Schalke, Sporting Lisbon and Maribor of Slovenia in Group G.<\/p>\n

Arsenal are again drawn with Borussia Dortmund, with Galatasaray and Belgium’s Anderlecht completing Group D.<\/p>\n

Group A<\/strong>:\u00a0Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Olympiakos, Malmo<\/p>\n

Group B<\/strong>:\u00a0Real Madrid, Basel,\u00a0Liverpool, Ludogorets<\/p>\n

Group C<\/strong>:\u00a0Benfica, Zenit St Petersburg, Bayer Leverkusen, Monaco<\/p>\n

Group D:<\/strong>\u00a0Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund, Galatasaray, Anderlecht<\/p>\n

Group E:<\/strong>\u00a0Bayern Munich,\u00a0Manchester City, CSKA Moscow, Roma<\/p>\n

Group F<\/strong>:\u00a0Barcelona, PSG, Ajax, APOEL<\/p>\n

Group G<\/strong>:\u00a0Chelsea, Schalke, Sporting Lisbon, Maribor<\/p>\n

Group H<\/strong>:\u00a0Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk, Athletic Bilbao, BATE Borisov<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Source: Sky\u00a0Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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