Chelsea may be struggling in the Premier League, but it is in the Champions League where they have more recently tasted success.
Just two seasons ago, and with Thomas Tuchel a little over four months in the job, the Blues won their second Champions League crown by beating Manchester City.
Fast forward 15 months, and Chelsea will be hoping Thursday’s group-stage draw gives them a little respite after a humbling start to the new Premier League season, most recently losing 3-0 at Leeds.
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Chelsea find themselves to Pot 2, here’s the lay of the land ahead of the group stage draw.
Champions League pots
Pot 1
Real Madrid, Eintracht Frankfurt, Man City, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Porto, Ajax
Pot 2
Liverpool, Chelsea, Barcelona, Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Sevilla, RB Leipzig, Tottenham
Pot 3
Borussia Dortmund, Salzburg, Shakhtar Donetsk, Inter Milan, Napoli, Sporting Lisbon, Bayer Leverkusen
Pot 4
Marseille, Club Brugge, Celtic
TBC: Benfica, Rangers, Dinamo Zabreb, Red Star, Copenhagen, Viktoria Plzen
Best-case scenario
- Eintracht Frankfurt
- Chelsea
- Salzburg
- Club Brugge
Group of death
- Real Madrid
- Chelsea
- Inter Milan
- Celtic
The draw for the Champions League group stage is on Thursday, August 25, at 5pm BST.
