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Liverpool host Real Madrid and Arsenal face TWO trips to Italy in new Champions League format… while draw hands Aston Villa a glamour tie at home to European giants

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Premier League teams have found out who they will be facing in the revamped Champions League format for the 2024-25 campaign.

Unlike previous tournaments, UEFA have scrapped the group stage format for the competition and have increased total number of clubs participating from 32 to 36.

Instead of a traditional format of clubs being seperated into groups, participating clubs will instead now take part in a league format where they will play eight teams in a bid to earn their way into the knockout phase.

Unlike previous iterations of the competition, teams will no longer filter into the Europa League, with only the 16 highest-ranked teams progressing.