Liverpool's Hell Scenarios in the Champions League Group Phase

Status of defending champion, Liverpool became one of the top seeds in the 2019/2020 Champions League . But from the group stage the heavy road might get in their way.

Liverpool placed in Pot 1 in the Champions League drawing which will take place on Thursday (8/29/2019) evening hrs. Sharing places with the Reds in the seeded pots are Chelsea, Barcelona, ​​Manchester City, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint Germain, and Zenit St. Petersburg.

In the group phase, clubs from the same country will not face each other. That means the Reds won't face Tottenham (pot 2).

But Liverpool have the potential to meet other European giants who are spread in pots 2, 3 or 4. Juergen Klopp's

students can be reunited with Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid who gather in pot 2. From pot 3, there is Inter Milan who can threatening. After doing bear shopping plus bringing Antonio Conte, the Nerazzurri are very worthy of being taken into account in the Champions League this season. Pot 4 which contains even the underdog clubs is still possible to present difficult opponents. That would happen if the Reds had to share a group with the Moscow Locomotive. A long trip to Russia will burden Mohamed Salah et al.

But Liverpool might also be shaded by good fortune and be met by relatively weaker teams. From Pot 2, there is Benfica who might be expected by Liverpudlian to be one of the opponents in the group phase.

While from Pot 3 there is Club Brugge which can be considered the weakest opponent. The Belgian representative is in the group phase via the playoffs.

Finally, from Pot 4 there is Slavia Prague which is predicted to not be able to do much in front of Liverpool.