The four Premier League clubs competing in this season’s Champions League will know their group stage opponents on Thursday.
Manchester City, Tottenham, Liverpool and Manchester United are set to battle for the Champions League title but how well-equipped is each team’s squad to challenge the Europe’s top clubs.
Manchester City
Pep Guardiola has established a group of players at the Etihad Stadium that should strike fear into any team they come up against. Full of attacking talent yet also powerful in defence.
How well do their tactics suit playing in Europe?
Last season's quarter-final first-half collapse at Anfield shows that to go far in Europe Pep Guardiola may need to tweak his style to suit two-legged ties.
How many Champions League winners have they got in their squad?
Claudio Bravo (Barcelona 2010-11), Danilo (Real Madrid 2015-16, 2016-17)
Liverpool
- How well-equipped is their squad?
Jurgen Klopp's summer business was focused on improving the squad rather than the starting 11 to allow the Reds to challenge on multiple fronts this season.
- How well do their tactics suit playing in Europe?
Liverpool's lightning counter-attack and relentless pressing make them the perfect cup team.
- How many Champions League winners have they got in their squad?
Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea 2011-12), Xherdan Shaqiri (Bayern Munich 2012-13)
Tottenham
- How well-equipped is their squad?
On paper the Tottenham squad looks capable of challenging the best teams on the continent. In reality, once the winter sets in and players pick up a few injuries, they are probably a couple of players short.
- How well do their tactics suit playing in Europe?
Last season's campaign proved they can beat the best. Coming through a group that included eventual champions Real Madrid and Dortmund deserves praise and a 2-2 draw away at Juventus should have seen them reach the quarter-finals.
- How many Champions League winners have they got in their squad?
None
Manchester United
- How well-equipped is their squad?
The nature of United's turgid performances so far this season will give teams hope that they can go to Old Trafford, far from the fortress it once was, and take points.
- How well do their tactics suit playing in Europe?
Nobody has quite mastered the art of the two-legged European tie better than Mourinho but the teams he has compiled throughout his career have been built on robust back lines.
- How many Champions League winners have they got in their squad?
Juan Mata (Chelsea 2011-12)
