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Manchester United draw Liverpool in Europa League

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Alexander Frei draws Manchester United's name out
Former Borussia Dortmund and Basel striker Alexander Frei made the draw

Liverpool will face rivals Manchester United in the Europa League last 16, while Tottenham have been drawn against Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund.

The games will be played on Thursday, 10 and 17 March.

Liverpool's home leg will kick-off at 20:05 GMT with the second game at Old Trafford starting at 18:00 GMT.

Valencia, managed by Gary Neville, face fellow Spanish side Athletic Bilbao, while Sevilla - the winners of the last two Europa League titles - play Basel.

The Swiss side's St Jakob-Park ground will host the final.

The winners of the tournament qualify for next season's Champions League.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said: "You can ask my staff but when they asked me yesterday who I wanted, I said 'Man United'.

"I think we have to clear something. We had a good game when we lost 1-0 (in the Premier League in January) but it was not what we deserved.

"It gives us a chance to make it better and that is what we will try to do."

United, who have never won the tournament, beat FC Midtjylland 6-3 on aggregate with Marcus Rashford scoring twice on his debut as United won the second leg 5-1.

Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool beat Augsburg 1-0 on aggregate with James Milner scoring the only goal of the tie on Thursday. The Reds won the old Uefa Cup three times, in 1973, 1976 and 2001.

It will be the first time United and Liverpool have faced each other in European competition.

The last all-English match in the Uefa Cup or Europa League was Liverpool v Tottenham in April 1973.

Spurs, who beat Fiorentina 3-0 on Thursday to seal their tie 4-1 on aggregate, won the 1972 and 1984 Uefa Cups.

Sevilla - who have won the tournament a record four times - are bidding to become the first side to win it three years in a row.

Europa League round of 16 draw

Shakhtar Donetsk v Anderlecht

Basel v Sevilla

Villarreal v Bayer Leverkusen

Athletic Bilbao v Valencia

Liverpool v Manchester United

Sparta Prague v Lazio

Borussia Dortmund v Tottenham

Fenerbahce v Braga

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  • Comment posted by U15078702, at 16:14 26 Feb 2016

    Poor old Spurs...

    They draw Dortmund, while United and Liverpool both get rubbish teams.

    The BBC will already be working themselves into a HYS frenzy for the Clash of the Has-Beens.

  • Comment posted by Stirring the Pot, at 16:32 26 Feb 2016

    Love how all the papers/websites are about Man Utd again! They beat a very average Danish team, Spurs beat a very good Fiorentina side but are hardly mentioned at all on this website. Can someone please explain to me about this Utd love in at the BBC?

  • Comment posted by Jeb, at 16:58 26 Feb 2016

    34. Posted by big I
    "Really hope we lose to united so they keep LVG for another season and win nothing next year as well."

    Liverpool ambitions as high as ever I see.

  • Comment posted by Omar Dayz, at 16:10 26 Feb 2016

    Time for Spurs to test their mettle against the big boys. Good preparation for Champs League next year! COYS

  • Comment posted by Bazzer, at 20:15 26 Feb 2016

    At least Liverpool v United gets rid of one of the poor teams from the competition

  • Comment posted by Sk1d, at 16:22 26 Feb 2016

    Good news for both, they avoided the good teams.

  • Comment posted by U16399303, at 18:10 26 Feb 2016

    Spurs vs Dortmund is a mouth watering match

  • Comment posted by BigShow, at 17:15 26 Feb 2016

    Well, if nothing it will create some excitement. Pretty evenly balanced tie despite the obviously one-sided recent results. Liverpool are perfectly capable of outplaying them but Man Utd are much more ruthless and clinical. Looking forward to it.

    On another note, quite a few of you really need to grow up. It's football, it's nothing important.

  • Comment posted by glenn-quagmire, at 16:41 26 Feb 2016

    ABU versus ABL, how the heck are we to decide who we want to lose this one

  • Comment posted by Expat, at 20:22 26 Feb 2016

    Good draw for Liverpool...there were fourteen other teams wanting that draw!!

  • Comment posted by qurek, at 16:33 26 Feb 2016

    Spurs fan here, couldn't be happier with the draw.

    If we see ourselves in the Champions League next season then these are the teams we have to play. What a draw should be great for the neutral!

  • Comment posted by U15445698, at 20:15 26 Feb 2016

    Reading the comments here is like listening to 2 under age gangs squabbling. Makes for a good 17th of march tho. :)

  • Comment posted by thor, at 17:25 26 Feb 2016

    Dortmund are a decent side but I wouldn't put them as favourites for the competition like so many are doing. I reckon this year we will get a team from Spain winning which is what normally happens these days.
    As for Utd v Liverpool: Two teams not at their peak anymore but both are FAR bigger than any other club in the Europa and capable of going all the way.

  • Comment posted by Bounceyhedgehog, at 17:21 26 Feb 2016

    Well we are guaranteed one English team in the next round so that should be good for the European co-efficient.

  • Comment posted by HarryJ, at 16:08 26 Feb 2016

    Lucky Liverpool..

  • Comment posted by U14357769, at 20:56 26 Feb 2016

    It's in a competition that the fans from both sides have previously described as the "Thursday Night Micky Mouse Cup"

    Only diddy clubs play in on Thursday while the big boys play in the Champions [and all their friends] League, they told the rest of us

    Why are they crowing about it now?

  • Comment posted by ashtongatejim, at 17:16 26 Feb 2016

    @10 and your "clash of the Has-Beens". Do you realise that Liverpool v Man Utd is the most watched fixture worldwide, even more than El Clasico, with about 700m people watching each time? Them drawing each other is a massive story, deal with it.

  • Comment posted by U16482959, at 11:13 27 Feb 2016

    Shouldn't spurs be concentrating on the premier league? This will be their only chance of winning it.

  • Comment posted by Only The Truth, at 19:49 26 Feb 2016

    Back to the record books 102. Spurs won the European Cupwinners Cup in 1963. First British team to win a European Trophy. I hope that helps you. No thanks required, you're welcome.

  • Comment posted by U16258903, at 18:50 26 Feb 2016

    BBC are official sponsor's of Man United

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