Europa League draw - Fri 17th Dec

The draw has been made for the Europa League's round of 32 and round of 16.

Barclays Premier League duo Liverpool and Manchester City have learned who they will face in the next round of the Europa League after successfully navigating the group stage.

Liverpool will take on Sparta Prague in the first knock-out stage of the competition proper.

The Reds have been the draw specialists in the group phase, having tied four of their six matches, but in Sparta they will face a side who have proved equally difficult to beat, having drawn three of their group matches.

If they get through, Liverpool would face Lech Poznan or FC Braga.

Manchester City will face Greek side Aris in the first knock-out stages of the Europa League.

Roberto Mancini's City will be aware that Aris, from Thessalonika, stunned the holders Atletico Madrid in the group stage - winning 3-2 away to ultimately knock the Spanish side out of the competition.

Lying in wait for City after their Greek test would be Besiktas or Dynamo Kiev.

Round of 32 matches take place on the 17th and 24th February 2011 and round of 16 fixtures are scheduled for 10th and 17th March 2011.

Napoli v Villarreal
Rangers v Sporting Lisbon
Sparta Prague v Liverpool
Anderlecht v Ajax
Lech Poznan v Braga
Besiktas v Dynamo Kiev
Basel v Spartak Moscow
Young Boys v Zenit St Petersburg
Aris Thessaloniki v Manchester City
PAOK Salonika v CSKA Moscow
Sevilla v Porto
Rubin Kazan v FC Twente
Lille v PSV Eindhoven
Benfica v Stuttgart
BATE Borisov v Paris St Germain
Metalist Kharkiv v Bayer Leverkusen

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