With all six Premier league clubs sitting either in or close to the top eight at the halfway stage of the league phase, could every English side qualify for the knockout rounds automatically?

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Five teams from one country had never all won in a single round of the Champions League matches prior to this season. But Premier League sides did exactly that this week, as they did in the previous round of games. English sides have won 17 of 24 fixtures so far, a win percentage of 71%.

Liverpool have beaten Real Madrid 1-0 in the Champions League thanks to Alexis Mac Allister 's headed goal in the 61st minute.

Bayern Munich has handed Paris Saint-Germain a first loss in its Champions League title defense while Liverpool beat Real Madrid 1-0 in another blockbuster matchup.

Following his man of the match performance for Newcastle in the Champions League on Wednesday night, Italy international Sandro Tonali has said that he is ‘happy’ in the North East of England,

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