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Jurgen Klopp has admitted his relief at avoiding Manchester City and Chelsea in Friday's Champions League draw, which revealed Liverpool's path to the final.

The Reds will face Portuguese giants Benfica in the last eight of the competition, with the winners taking on either Villarreal or Bayern Munich in the semi-final. City, meanwhile, will take on Atletico Madrid and defending champions Chelsea will face Real Madrid.

The draw means Liverpool will only play a Premier League side if they and City or Chelsea reach the final. Klopp's side have a mixed record against English teams in Europe, beating Manchester United and Tottenham but losing to City.

Benfica are currently third in their domestic league and haven't won a European title since 1962. Their former manager Bela Guttman apparently put a curse on the club in the 1960s, insisting they wouldn't win another European title for 100 years. Since then, they've lost eight European finals.

"I would have taken everybody but the only thing I didn’t want was an English team," said Klopp when asked about the draw on Friday afternoon.

"We had that in the past and we went through, we played a final against an English team, it’s absolutely fine, in the final anyway