POAK drew 1-1 away at Benfica today. Still a chance for a Pot 2 selection for us.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-edge-nearer-champions-league-15057863.ampWe were a finalist as a Pot 3 team last year but it would be nice to miss some of those teams. Here's how it stands now as far as the pots:
Pot 1
Real, Barca, Atleti, Bayern, Manchester City, Juventus, PSG and Lokomotiv Moscow
Pot 2
Dortmund, Porto, Manchester United, Shakhtar, Napoli, Tottenham, Roma, (Liverpool or Benfica)
Pot 3
Schalke, Lyon, Monaco, CSKA Moscow and the winner of Ajax/Dynamo Kiev. There's 3 other spots to fill as well.
Benfica getting knocked out just gives us 1 less possibly tough matchup which I'd definitely take. All the Pot 2 teams could give us a problem but the Pot 3 teams look very manageable.
2nd leg of POAK and Benfica is next Wednesday with the group stage draw in Thursday.