💪🏼Premier League flexes its muscles in the Champions League | OneFootball

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·29 January 2026

💪🏼Premier League flexes its muscles in the Champions League

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Of the six English teams that started this Champions League, five of them have managed to make it into the top eight.

There is little doubt that the Premier League is the best league in the world, and it’s a fact that is backed up in Europe by the numbers.


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Of the six teams that began the adventure in the competition, five have qualified for the Top 8 and are heading straight to the round of 16.

Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham, Chelsea, and Manchester City are waiting to find out their opponents for the next round and get to skip another knockout tie.

This is something that Newcastle, the only English team that will play in the playoff, cannot say, but if they manage to get through their tie, the Premier League would have a full house in the round of 16.

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Without a doubt, it’s a clear message to the rest of Europe: the Premier League has proven to be several steps ahead, although, as we have seen, anything can happen.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.


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