Arsenal and Manchester United are among those who will find out their group-stage opponents this afternoon as the Europa League draw takes place.

It’s less than two weeks until the action on the pitch gets underway, with the six matches all then taking place in the space of two months ahead of the World Cup.

For the Gunners it’s a return to European competition, after a season away, while Manchester United drop down after being in the Champions League last campaign before they were beaten by Atletico Madrid.

Roma are also one of the favourites, qualifying as a result of winning the inaugural Europa Conference League.

Full Stage Draw In Full (Photo)

Group stage dates

Matchday 1: 8 September 2022

Matchday 2: 15 September 2022

Matchday 3: 6 October 2022

Matchday 4: 13 October 2022

Matchday 5: 27 October 2022

Matchday 6: 3 November 2022

Alisson Becker and Kostas Tsimikas were the spot-kick heroes as Liverpool secured a 6-5 penalty shoot-out triumph against Chelsea to win the FA Cup and keep their quest for an unprecedent quadruple alive.

Just 76 days after the Reds edged past Thomas Tuchel’s men on penalties following a scoreless Carabao Cup final, Wembley witnessed another gripping clash between these sides that went down to the wire.

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Nothing could split them after 90 minutes and extra time again, despite Luis Diaz going close on several occasions. Marcos Alonso was denied by the bar for Chelsea, while Andy Roberson missed a couple of big chances for Liverpool.

Edouard Mendy prevented Sadio Mane striking the winner after Cesar Azpilicueta had hit the post, only for Alisson to keep Mason Mount’s penalty out. That set the stage for Kostas Tsimikas, who made no mistake to send his teammates and Jurgen Klopp charging up the pitch to celebrate with him.

Chelsea vs Liverpool Highlights

Line-up

Chelsea XI: Mendy; Chalobah, Silva, Rudiger; James, Kovacic, Jorginho, Alonso; Mount, Pulisic, Lukaku.

Subs: Kepa, Kante, Werner, Loftus-Cheek, Saul, Barkley, Ziyech, Azpilicueta, Sarr.

Liverpool XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Keita, Henderson, Thiago; Salah, Mane, Diaz.

Subs: Kelleher, Milner, Firmino, Gomez, Jones, Jota, Tsimikas, Origi, Matip.

Liverpool endured a last-heave fightback from title rivals Manchester City to seal their place in the following month’s FA Cup Final and keep any desires for an uncommon fourfold alive at Wembley.

Jurgen Klopp’s brilliant Reds inflicted all their damage in a thoroughly one-sided first half in the second dramatic meeting between English football’s two leading clubs in six days, with centre-back Ibrahima Konate rising highest to power home his third goal in as many matches from an Andy Robertson corner inside 10 minutes.

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Man of the match Sadio Mane then notched a decisive brace, first sliding in to double the advantage after a dreadful error from City goalkeeper Zack Steffen, starting in place of usual No1 Ederson – who escaped from a similar situation in last weekend’s pulsating 2-2 Premier League draw at the Etihad Stadium.

Man City vs Liverpool Highlights