Official: Champions League Bracket Set for Potential Liverpool Opponents

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The pairings and each side of the Champions League bracket have been set—but the Reds won’t know which side they slot into until February 16th.

Liverpool won’t find out which side of the Champions League knockout bracket they slot into until a draw takes place on February 21st to add in the top eight finishers from the new look group phase, but the knockout bracket has now been set.

From Liverpool’s potential opponents, Brest have drawn against Paris Saint-Germain on one side of the bracket while Benfica get Monaco on the other. The Reds will get the winner of one pairing while Barcelona get the other in the subsequent round.

Further down the bracket, the side with Brest and PSG in it also have Club Brugge meeting Atalanta as potential quarter final opponents while Manchester City, Real Madrid, Juventus, and PSV are all potential semi-final opponents on that side of things.

The side with Benfica and Monaco have Sporting and Dortmund as potential semi-final opponents and Celtic, Bayern, Feyenoord, and Milan potential semi opponents. Adding in the top eight could yet alter the apparent difficulty of the brackets.

The bracket in full is as follows:

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Source: liverpooloffside.sbnation.com