Premier League clubs endured an embarrassing week in the Champions League, as all travelers except Arsenal suffered defeats, while Newcastle United was held to a 1-1 draw at home to Barcelona.

Chelsea, Manchester City, and Tottenham Hotspur were left on the brink of Round of 16 elimination after losing by three goals away to PSG, Real Madrid, and Atlético Madrid, respectively, while Liverpool suffered a narrow loss in Istanbul.

The English league, which had a perfect run in the league run as five of the six entrants made a top eight finish, while the sixth team, Newcastle United, finished just outside of a place for an automatic round of 16 slot.

However, Eddie Howe's team brushed aside Qarabag in the round of 32 elimination playoff, and narrowly missed the chance to tie the record for the biggest aggregate knockout win in the history of the competition.

Things changed drastically in the first leg of the round of 16, and the wounded league may now have just two representatives in the quarter-finals, at most.

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Liverpool beaten in Turkiye, again

It is no surprise that Liverpool has been beaten by Galatasaray in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 clash, because the Reds, before kickoff on Tuesday, had won none of their five European visits to Turkiye, excluding qualifiers.

Mario Lemina's early goal was all it took for the host to claim the win, although Victor Osimhen added a second, it was controversially ruled out for offside, and the result leaves Arne Slot's charge in a comfortable position for a comeback.

Liverpool, unlike the other English teams who suffered first-leg defeats, has a very good chance of staging a comeback, and this will be the priority when they return to their historic Anfield ground next week Wednesday.

Spurs mauled for errors of their own making

For the first time in their history, Tottenham Hotspur have lost six consecutive games across all competitions after an horrendous trip to Wanda Metropolitano saw them leave Spain with a 5-2 deficit ahead of their return leg with Atlético Madrid.

Igor Tudor is not making things any easier for himself as his decision to bench goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario backfired sensationally as debutant Antonin Kinsky endured a terrible 17-minute cameo before his withdrawal.

The Czehia international made two errors leading to goals and conceded three times in the opening 15 minutes to give the host a 3-0 lead, and had to be replaced two minutes later for Vicario to retake his place between the sticks.

But it was all too late as Atlético Madrid went on to win 5-2, with Pedro Porro and Dominic Solanke scoring for Tottenham Hotspur, but they'll need a miracle to stand any chance of overturning the deficit in a week.

Unlucky Newcastle United tie Barcelona 

Newcastle United, by far the most impressive English team in the Champions League during the week, unfortunately, their chances of progressing into the next round are not looking good after Lamine Yamal's late penalty denied them a win.

Eddie Howe's side took the game to the LaLiga champions and had their way for most of the game, but couldn't beat Joan Garcia until Harvey Barnes volleyed home Jacob Murphy's cross four minutes from time.

They looked set for the win until Malick Thiaw's trailing leg caught Dani Olmo in injury time and the referee pointed straight to the spot to give Barcelona the chance to level with just their second shot on target in the game.

It was a cruel ending to what was an incredible performance, and if they are to continue their run in this competition, the Magpies will have to become the first team to beat Barcelona in Camp Nou since their return to the stadium in November.

Arsenal snatched a late draw in Leverkusen 

Perhaps the only English team with a good chance of making it past the round of 16, Arsenal endured a tough evening in Germany but avoided a defeat thanks to Kai Havertz's late penalty against his former club.

Things didn't just go the way of Mikel Arteta's team on the night, but it's refreshing to not to kick off the return leg at home with a deficit, although the home side would feel hard done by what they thought was a weak penalty.

But they should also count themselves lucky because Captain Robert Andrich, who broke the deadlock immediately after half-time could have been sent off with a second yellow in the fourth minute of the game.

Noni Madueke, who replaced the impactful Bukayo Saka, won the penalty late in the game, and Kai Havertz converted what was the latest penalty scored by Arsenal in the Champions League since Nicklas Bendtner scored v FC Porto in March 2010 (90:26).

Arsenal will now play host in the second leg at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday, but knowing Leverkusen have become the first team to stop them from winning in the competition this season, Arteta's message must be 'there must be no room for complacency'.

Chelsea impressed but well beaten in Paris

On an evening when they could have come away with a positive result, Chelsea got far less than deserved as a late capitulation saw them lose by three goal difference at PSG.

Unlike Spurs and Manchester City, Liam Rosenior's team stood their ground and leveled after going behind twice, but late errors, especially from goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen may have cost them a place in the quarter-finals.

Malo Gusto canceled out Bradley Barcola's opener but Ballon d'Or holder Ousmane Dembele scored to restore PSG's lead before half-time, then Enzo Fernandez squared it again three minutes before the hour mark.

However, Georgian winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia came off the bench to wreck the world champions with two goals and one assist in the final 15 minutes to help PSG to a 5-2 win and a very strong position to reach the quarter-finals.

Manchester City shocked in Madrid

Meetings between both teams have become famous lately, but despite their current predicament, a 3-0 victory was unforeseen for Real Madrid against Manchester City, and maybe they have done just enough to reach the quarter-finals.

Federico Valverde scored a first-half hat-trick to give Real Madrid a commanding lead over Pep Guardiola's team, who were the overwhelming favourite heading into the clash against a team without many of its stars.

Vinicius Jr missed a penalty to make it 4-0 in the second half, but that embarrassing City performance summed up the kind of outing for Premier League clubs in the Champions League this week.