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Europa League: Man Utd face Midtjylland, Liverpool play Augsburg

UEFA Europa League final ambassador Alexander Frei shows the name of Manchester United during the draw for  the round of 16, Nyon
Image: UEFA Europa League final ambassador Alexander Frei shows the name of Manchester United during the draw in Nyon

Manchester United will face Danish side Midtjylland in the last 32 of the Europa League after failing to make the knockout stage of the Champions League.

United were beaten 3-2 by Wolfsburg in the final set of group games last week and now face the side that put Southampton out of the competition during the Europa League qualifying stage.

Dejected Manchester United players look on after conceding a third goal v Wolfsburg, Champions League
Image: Manchester United will face Denmark's FC Midtjylland, having dropped out of the Champions League

Midtjylland, whose majority shareholder is Brentford's owner Matthew Benham, won the Superliga title last season but failed to make it into the group stage of the Champions League as they were knocked out by APOEL Nicosia.

Tottenham's reward for winning their group is a tough trip to Italy to take on Fiorentina, who knocked Mauricio Pochettino's side out 3-1 on aggregate at the same stage last season.

Erik Lamela of Spurs celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the UEFA Europa League Group J match against Monaco
Image: Tottenham must take on Serie A's second-placed side Fiorentina

And there will be a return to Germany for Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, although not against his former club Borussia Dortmund, who were a possible opponent.

Christian Benteke of Liverpool (C) celebrates with Joe Allen (L) and James Milner (R) after scoring in the Europa League clash v Bordeaux
Image: Liverpool will take on Augsburg in the round of 32

They will instead take on Augsburg, who only qualified for the last 32 with a late goal in their final group match against Partizan Belgrade.

Defending champions Sevilla take on Norwegian side Molde and Gary Neville's Valencia will face Austrian opposition in Rapid Vienna.

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Sevilla players celebrate victory after the UEFA Europa League Final match against FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Image: Sevilla will be hoping to defend their Europa League crown

Fenerbahce were drawn against Lokomotiv Moscow and their two matches are likely to draw plenty of attention following the recent tensions between Turkey and Russia. 

Round of 32 draw:

Valencia v Rapid Vienna

Fiorentina v Tottenham

Borussia Dortmund v Porto

Fenerbahce v Lokomotiv Moscow

Anderlecht v Olympiakos

Midtjylland v Manchester United

Augsburg v Liverpool

Sparta Prague v Krasnodar

Galatasaray v Lazio

Sion v Braga

Shakhtar Donetsk v Schalke 04

Marseille v Athletic Bilbao

Sevilla v Molde

Sporting Lisbon v Bayer Leverkusen

Villarreal v Napoli

Saint-Etienne v Basel

(First legs on February 16/17/18 and return legs on February 25)

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