Source: Daily_Mail
EUROPA LEAGUE DRAW: Italian Job for Manchester City and Liverpool as duo handed tricky groups
Manchester City face a glamour clash with Juventus as they and Liverpool head to Italy in the Europa League group stages.[LNB]Liverpool's trip to Napoli, who won the competition in 1989, is not nearly as daunting as the one facing Roberto Mancini's side, but is not to be underestimated. [LNB] Red and buried: Liverpool squeezed past Trabzonspor in the qualifying round[LNB]Dates for the diary Manchester CityFC Salzburg (a) Thursday September 16Juventus (h) Wednesday September 30Lech Poznan (h) Thursday October 21Lech Poznan (a) Thursday November 4FC Salzburg (h) Wednesday December 1Juventus (a) Thursday December 16LiverpoolSteaua (h) Thursday September 16FC Utrecht (a) Wednesday September 30Napoli (a) Thursday October 21Napoli (h) Thursday November 4Steaua (a) Thursday December 2FC Utrecht (h) Wednesday December 15[LNB]The two Serie A clubs finished sixth and seventh respectively last season but are considerably strengthened for the current campaign.[LNB]Under new manager Luigi Delneri, Juve have signed Alberto Aquilani and Milos Krasic and are also on the brink of landing Napoli's Fabio Quagliarella.[LNB]Roy Hodgson must also take his team to Romania to face SteauaBucharest, the 1986 winners of the European Cup, as well as FC Utrechtwho knocked Celtic out in the qualifiers. [LNB]Meanwhile City will also go head-to-head with Austrian outfit RB Salzburg and Polish side Lech Poznan.[LNB]Holders Atletico Madrid, who defeated Fulham in the final when theLondon club were coached by Hodgson, will take on Bayer Leverkusen,Norwegian champions Rosenborg and Greek side Aris.[LNB]The final will be held at Ireland's recently reopened Dublin Arena.[LNB] City Slicker: Dedryck Boyata was on target as Man City romped through[LNB]GROUP AJuventus[LNB]Manchester City[LNB]FC Salzburg[LNB]Lech Poznan[LNB]GROUP BAtletico Madrid[LNB]Bayer Leverkusen[LNB]Rosenborg[LNB]Aris[LNB] GROUP CSporting Lisbon[LNB]Lille[LNB]Levski Sofia[LNB]Gent[LNB]GROUP DVillarreal[LNB]Club Brugge[LNB]Dinamo Zagreb[LNB]PAOK[LNB] GROUP EAZ Alkmaar[LNB]Dynamo Kiev[LNB]FC BATE[LNB]Sheriff[LNB]GROUP FCSKA Moscow[LNB]Palermo[LNB]Sparta Prague[LNB]Lausanne[LNB] GROUP GZenit[LNB]Anderlecht[LNB]AEK Athens[LNB]Hajduk Split[LNB]GROUP HStuttgart[LNB]Getafe[LNB]Odense[LNB]Young Boys[LNB] GROUP iPSV[LNB]Sampdoria[LNB]Metalist Kharkiv[LNB]Debrecen[LNB]GROUP JSevilla[LNB]PSG[LNB]Borussia Dortmund[LNB]Karpaty[LNB] GROUP KLiverpool[LNB]Steaua Bucharest[LNB]Napoli[LNB]FC Utrecht[LNB]GROUP LPorto[LNB]Besiktas[LNB]CSKA Sofia[LNB]Rapid Vienna[LNB] [LNB][LNB] Man City 2 Timisoara 0 (agg: 3-0): Dead-eye Dedryck seals it for CityLIVERPOOL FC
