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Published 07:36 30 Aug 2018 BST
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Liverpool would have faced one of the teams from pot one - made up of the champions of the continent's top leagues and the winners of last season's Champions League and Europa League - regardless of what happened on Wednesday night.
However, Benfica's victory means they will now have to take on one of the pot two sides in the group stage as well, with tricky opponents such as Borussia Dortmund, Napoli, Shakhtar Donetsk and Roma all possibilities.
Pot One Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain, Lokomotiv Moscow Pot Two Borussia Dortmund, Porto, Manchester United, Shakhtar Donetsk, Benfica, Napoli, Tottenham, Roma Pot Three Liverpool, Schalke, Lyon, Monaco, CSKA Moscow, Ajax, PSV Eindhoven, Valencia Pot Four Viktoria Plzen, Club Brugge, Galatasaray, Young Boys, Inter Milan, Hoffenheim, Crvena Zvezda, AEK AthensManchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur join Liverpool in draw for the Champions League group stage. City are in pot one having won the Premier League title last season, while United and Tottenham are in pot two. No teams from the same country can face each other in the group stages of the competition.
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