Champions League last 16 schedule in full as fixture dates confirmed

The dates and times for the Champions League last 16 matches have been confirmed.

The draw was made for the first knockout round on Friday at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

All six Premier League representatives remained in the hat, with Newcastle United the last to progress after their play-off victory over Qarabag in midweek.

Chelsea were drawn against holders Paris Saint-Germain, while Arsenal will take on Bayer Leverkusen.

The two-legged ties will take place across two weeks in March, with Tuesday March 11 and Wednesday March 11 when the first legs will occur.

The return matches will be played on Tuesday March 17 and Wednesday March 18.

Liverpool will open proceedings with an early kick-off on March 10, travelling to RAMS Park for a 5.45pm GMT start.

They will be joined by Tottenham taking on Atletico at the Wanda Metropolitano at 8pm GMT later on Tuesday, as well as Newcastle hosting Barcelona at St James’ Park.

Arsenal travel to Leverkusen in the early kick-off on March 11, followed by Chelsea’s trip to Paris and City’s to the Bernabeu.

The schedule is then flipped for the second legs, with Arsenal, City, and Chelsea all playing at home on the following Tuesday.

Newcastle will play in the early kick-off slot on the Wednesday when they visit the Camp Nou, followed by Liverpool and Tottenham’s home legs against Galatasaray and Atletico.