Premier League clubs run riot in the Champions League as Aston Villa top the standings ahead of Liverpool and Man City - with a former Chelsea winger the only player to net against an English top-flight side so far

Wins for Manchester City and Liverpool connected Wednesday nighttime completed a cleanable expanse for English teams successful nan Champions League connected matchday three. 

Pep Guardiola's broadside eased to a 5-0 triumph complete Sparta Prague, while nan Reds nullified nan threat of their hosts RB Leipzig and earned a 1-0 triumph successful Germany. A time prior, some Aston Villa and Arsenal had secured victories complete Bologna and Shakhtar Donetsk respectively. 

The midweek results has seen 3 Premier League sides are nan acme of nan new-look Champions League table, pinch Unai Emery's broadside topping nan standings acknowledgment to their superior extremity quality complete Liverpool. 

The Midlands nine and nan Reds are nan only 2 sides successful this year's title pinch 100 per cent records, while City are nan champion of nan teams connected 7 points. 

The 2023 winners, for illustration Villa, are still yet to concede successful nan title this season. Arsenal, who are down successful ninth place, are different outfit boasting a cleanable protect grounds on pinch Inter Milan and Atalanta. 

In fact, nan only subordinate to people against an English squad successful nan title truthful acold is erstwhile Chelsea winger Christian Pulisic, who netted for AC Milan successful their 3-1 conclusion by Liverpool past month.  

The convention phase, introduced for nan first clip this season, sees each 36 teams classed successful 1 table, pinch nan top-eight sides progressing to nan last-16 aft 8 matches. 

Teams finishing successful positions 9 to 24 will beryllium drawn together successful a play-off, pinch nan victors joining nan automatic qualifiers successful nan adjacent round. 

The Premier League side's beardown showing truthful acold is besides highlighted successful their unbeaten records. Of nan 9 teams yet to suffer successful nan competition, 4 are from nan English top-flight. 

The only different nations to person astatine slightest 2 unbeaten clubs are France - pinch nan astonishing brace of Monaco and Champions League debutants Brest - and Italy.

Bayer Leverkusen, Inter, Atalanta and Sporting CP are nan different sides yet to sensation conclusion successful nan European Cup this term. 

The adjacent information of fixtures connected November 5 and 6 sees City recreation to Portugal to look Sporting, while Liverpool invited their erstwhile subordinate Xabi Alonso and his Leverkusen broadside to Anfield. 

Villa, meanwhile, will beryllium assured of maintaining their cleanable commencement erstwhile they look Cub Brugge successful Belgium, while Arsenal look nan hardest trial pinch a travel to San Siro to return connected nan Serie A champions Inter.