Following swiftly in the footsteps of yesterday’s Champions League group stage draw comes the knock-down, cut-price, bargain-basement, soiled-seconds Europa League equivalent.
The mini footballs of fate have all been retrieved from the perspex goldfish bowls of destiny and ergo the draw looks like this…
So firstly we’ve got Tottenham against Monaco in the eternal Glenn Hoddle Derby…
Great to see two of my old teams @SpursOfficial and @AS_Monaco drawn against each other in Europa league. 😎
— Glenn Hoddle (@GlennHoddle) August 28, 2015
Spurs then face a long-haul away trip to Azerbaijan to face Qarabag, but should still fancy their chances of making it through to the next round, as should Liverpool – provided both clubs take it seriously, of course.