City get Juventus in Europa League draw
Published 12:49 27/08/10 By MirrorFootball
Manchester City face a tough Europa League group stage having been drawn against Italian giant Juventus, Austrian champions Salzburg and Poland's title winners Lech Posnan.
Liverpool have an easier task against Steaua Bucharest, Napoli and Dutch side Utrecht.
City's draw pits Roberto Mancini against the club who were interested in making him their new manager last March.
Juve have twice been European champions and were three times victors in this competition in its former guise as the UEFA Cup. They won the 1977 trophy after knocking City out in the first round.
Liverpool's draw includes 1986 European champions Steaua, 1989 UEFA Cup winners Napoli and Utrecht, who knocked out Celtic in the play-offs and whose striker Ricky van Wolfswinkel has been linked with a move to Anfield.
Full draw:
Group A: Juventus, Man City, SV Red Bull Salzburg, Lech Poznan
Group B: Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Rosenborg, Aris Salonika
Group C: Sporting, Lille, Levski Sofia, AA Gent
Group D: Villarreal, Club Brugge, Dinamo Zagreb, PAOK Salonika
Group E: AZ, Dynamo Kiev, BATE, FC Sheriff
Group F: CSKA Moscow, Palermo, Sparta Prague, Lausanne
Group G: Zenit St. Petersburg, Anderlecht, AEK Athens, Hajduk Split
Group H: VfB Stuttgart, Getafe, Odense BK, Young Boys
Group I: PSV, Sampdoria, FC Metalist Kharkiv, Debrecen
Group J: Sevilla, PSG, Borussia Dortmund, Karpaty Lviv
Group K: Liverpool, Steaua Bucuresti, Napoli, FC Utrecht
Group L: FC Porto, Besiktas, CSKA Sofia, Rapid Vienna
