Liverpool have been drawn in Champions League Group D alongside PSV, Marseille and Fernando Torres' former club Atletico Madrid.

The draw will take El Nino back to the Vicente Calderon for the first time since his record transfer last summer.

Atletico, whose squad includes former Reds Luis Garcia and Florent Sinama-Pongolle, finished fourth in La Liga last term.

Marseille, meanwhile, were the third best team in France during 2007-08.

They twice faced the Reds in last season's group stages, winning 1-0 at Anfield before missing out on a place in the second round following a 4-0 home defeat.

Ex Red Bolo Zenden still plays at the Stade Velodrome.

Dutch champions PSV make up Group D, a side Liverpool faced four times en route to Athens in 2006-07, with Gerrard and co recording three wins and a draw.


Group A
CHELSEA
ROMA
BORDEAUX
CFR CLUJ

Group B
INTER MILAN
WERDER BREMEN
PANATHINAKOS
ANOTHOSIS FAMAGUSTA

Group C
BARCELONA
SPORTING LISBON
BASEL
SHAKHTAR DONESTSK

Group D
LIVERPOOL
PSV
MARSEILLE
ATLETICO MADRID

Group E
MAN UTD
VILLARREAL
CELTIC
AALBORG

Group F
LYON
BAYERN MUNICH
STEAUA BUCHAREST
FIORENTINA

Group G
ARSENAL
PORTO
FENERBACHE
DYNAMO KIEV

Group H
REAL MADRID
JUVENTUS
ZENIT ST PETERSBURG
BATE BORSOV

11:25 AM
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The Reds will travel to the south of France to take on Marseille at the Stade Velodrome on September 16 - the scene of their 4-0 victory last December when they sealed their place in the last sixteen of the competition.

That fixture is followed by a home game with PSV Eindhoven before a double header with La Liga giants Atletico Madrid.

Liverpool will kick-off their Champions League Group D campaign at the scene of one of their most impressive European performances of recent years.

An Anfield clash with Marseille follows with the group campaign ending with a trip to Holland to face PSV.

Liverpool's Group D fixtures are as follows:

September 16 v Marseille (a)
October 1 v PSV Eindhoven (h)
October 22 v Atletico Madrid (a)
November 4 v Atletico Madrid (h)
November 26 v Marseille (h)
December 9 v PSV Eindhoven (a)



Five-time champion Liverpool, which needed a 118th-minute goal Wednesday to qualify, was drawn into a group with PSV Eindhoven, Atletico Madrid and Olympique Marseille. That means Liverpool's star striker Fernando Torres, who scored the winner for Spain against Germany in June's European Championship final, gets a chance to face his former team.

"With Fernando and the other Spanish players, there will be huge, huge interest in that one," Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry said. "It's great. That's what makes the Champions League so exciting. It's fantastic."

11:16 AM
Categories: European Champions League 2008/2009 draw Group D, UCL. Author: nik