• Liverpool meet PSG and Napoli; Manchester City play Lyon
The Champions League draw dealt José Mourinho an unwelcome visit from Cristiano Ronaldo while Tottenham and Liverpool have fiendishly difficult tasks ahead to escape their respective groups. But there was better news for Manchester City as a relatively easy draw paved the way for Pep Guardiola’s team to redress the club’s history of underperforming in the competition.
Mourinho scarcely needed additional pressure after a dire start to the domestic season for United and he now has the impending return to Old Trafford of the club hero Ronaldo looming large on the horizon. Relations between the pair famously deteriorated while they were together at Real Madrid and scrutiny on Mourinho is already intense after United lost two of their first three Premier League games for the first time since 1992.
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