Champions League Draw

Liverpool will face Chelsea in the Champions League quarter-finals, the fifth consecutive season they have met in the competition. Liverpool have won two and Chelsea one of the clubs' recent battles in Europe, but the Blues won the most recent in last year's semi-finals. Rafa Benitez's side won the 2004/05 semi-final, before the teams locked horns in the 2005/06 group stage. Liverpool then won the 2006/07 semi-final against Chelsea, who turned the tables under Avram Grant in last season's semis. Holders Manchester United play Portuguese champions FC Porto, while Arsenal meet Villarreal of Spain. Arsene Wenger's team beat the Spaniards in the 2006 last four before losing to Barca in the final. If both Premier League clubs win those ties, they will face off in the last four - their first Champions League meeting. The winners of the Liverpool-Chelsea tie will take on either Barcelona or Bayern Munich, with the pair meeting in the other quarter-final. The quarter-final first legs will be played on April 7 or 8 with the return matches the following week. UEFA has said it will do all it can to avoid Liverpool playing on April 15 - the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster. Rafa Benitez's side, buoyed by the coach's contract renewal and a 4-1 win at United in the Premier League, will be at home for the first leg. United lost to eventual winners Porto in 2004 when Jose Mourinho was the coach of the Portuguese side. Alex Ferguson got his own back on his old nemesis last week when United knocked out Mourinho's Inter in the last 16. The final will be played on Wednesday, May 27 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, where there will be no home interest after Inter, Juventus and Roma were all eliminated in the last 16.

Quarter-finals

Villarreal v Arsenal

Manchester United v Porto

Liverpool v Chelsea

Barcelona v Bayern Munich

* First legs to be played April 7 and 8

Second legs to be played April 14 and 15

Semi-finals

Manchester United or Porto v Villarreal or Arsenal

Barcelona or Bayern Munich v Liverpool or Chelsea

* First legs to be played on April 28 and 29

* Second legs to be played May 5 and 6