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Liverpool draw Besiktas in Europa League

Liverpool will take on Turkish side Besiktas in the Europa League, while Merseyside rivals Everton face Young Boys of Switzerland.

Liverpool have been drawn against Turkish side Besiktas in the last 32 of the Europa League.

Brendan Rodgers's men started the season in the Champions League, but their 1-1 draw with Basel last week confined the Merseysiders to a third-placed group finish, which saw them drop down into Europe's second-tier competition.

In today's draw in Nyon, the Reds were paired with Besiktas - a side that they defeated 8-0 in a Champions League group encounter back in 2007. On that evening, Yossi Benayoun scored a hat-trick, while Ryan Babel weighed in with a brace.

Elsewhere, Liverpool's Merseyside rivals Everton were pulled out of the hat alongside Swiss outfit Young Boys, while Tottenham Hotspur will take on Italian side Fiorentina.

There is also Serie A opposition in the form of Inter Milan for Scottish champions Celtic.

The first leg of those ties will be played on Thursday, February 19, 2015.

Europa League round of 32 draw in full:

Young Boys vs. Everton
Torino vs. Athletic Bilbao
Sevilla vs. Borussia Monchengladbach
Wolfsburg vs. Sporting Lisbon
Ajax vs. Legia Warsaw
Aalborg vs. Brugge
Anderlecht vs. Dynamo Moscow
Dnipro vs. Olympiacos
Trabzonspor vs. Napoli
Guingamp vs. Dynamo Kiev
Villarreal vs. FC Salzburg
Roma vs. Feyenoord
PSV Eindhoven vs. Zenit St Petersburg
Liverpool vs. Besiktas
Tottenham vs. Fiorentina
Celtic vs. Inter Milan

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