The 16 teams finishing from ninth to 24th place find out their opponents for when they kick off the knockout stages

The Champions League play-offs have been drawn, with either Real Madrid or Manchester City set to miss out on a place in the last 16.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has offered his first reaction to taking on Real Madrid for a place in the UEFA Champions League last-16 following Friday’s draw.The Premier League champions

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Draw made Friday for the knockout playoffs round in the UEFA Champions League: Atalanta (Italy) vs. Club Brugge (Belgium) – winner will play Lille or Aston Villa

Elsewhere, Celtic meet Bayern Munich and there is an all-French contest between minnows Brest and Paris Saint-Germain. The first legs of the play-off matches will take place on February 11/12, with the second legs on February 18/19. Sam Lee, Rory Smith, Oliver Kay, Seb Stafford-Bloor and Dermot Corrigan analyse the key talking points from the draw.

UEFA have held the draw for the playoff stage of their revamped Champions League this morning, as the teams who finished between 8th and 24th find out who they will face for a place in the last

The Champions League Playoff Round has given us some tasty ties including a meeting of the past two winners, Real Madrid and Man City. Here are our picks to advance to the Round of 16.

Friday morning, UEFA conducted the draw for the Champion League's new playoff phase, which essentially adds one more round to the previous format's knockout stage. 16 teams were sorted, with pairings influenced (but not entirely determined) by order of finish in the group stage.

The draw took place at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland and involved teams that finished from ninth to 24th position in the new format of the UEFA Champions League group stage.

UEFA Champions League playoffs confirmed as 16 teams fight for Round of 16 spots. See the full draw and new format details here.