Europa League draw: Liverpool and Manchester City find out their fate

Manchester City and Liverpool have been handed favourable draws in the last 32 of the Europa League, which will be played in February. Manchester City will meet the Greek side Aris Salonika, while Liverpool face a trip to the Czech Republic to take on Sparta Prague. However the Scottish champions, Rangers, have a tough test against the Portuguese side Sporting Lisbon. The draw for the last 16 was also made at the same time, with Liverpool knowing that if they get past Sparta Prague they will face the winners of the Lech Poznan v Braga tie. Manchester City would face a long trip to either Turkey or Ukraine in the last 16 as they are scheduled to meet the winners from Besiktas against Dynamo Kyiv. And if Rangers can get past Sporting Lisbon, they will face either the French side Lille or Holland's PSV Eindhoven at the last-16 stage. Last-32 matches to be played 17 & 24 February 2011 Napoli v Villarreal Rangers v Sporting Lisbon Sparta Prague v Liverpool Anderlecht v Ajax Lech Poznan v Braga Besiktas v Dynamo Kyiv Basel v Spartak Moscow Young Boys v Zenit St Petersburg Aris Salonika v Manchester City PAOK Salonika v CSKA Moscow Sevilla v Porto Rubin Kazan v Twente Lille v PSV Eindhoven Benfica v VfB Stuttgart Bate Borisov v Paris Saint-Germain Metalist Kharkiv v Bayer Leverkusen Last-16 matches to be played 10 & 17 March 2010 Benfica or VfB Stuttgart v Bate Borisov or Paris Saint-Germain Besiktas or Dynamo Kyiv v Aris Salonika or Manchester City Rubin Kazan or Twente v Young Boys or Zenit St Petersburg PAOK Salonika or CSKA Moscow v Sevilla or Porto Lille or PSV v Rangers or Sporting Lisbon Metalist Kharkiv or Bayer Leverkusen v Napoli or Villarreal Anderlecht or Ajax v Basel or Spartak Moscow Sparta Prague or Liverpool v Lech Poznan or Braga