Unique Notes of the First Leg of the 2025/2026 Champions League 16 Besar: All English Representatives Without a Win

The Champions League produced a surprise, no English team won the first leg of the 16th round (Instagram/@championsleague).

JAKARTA - Unusual records occurred in the first leg of the 2025/2026 Champions League 16-year-old round, where none of the English representative teams managed to record a victory.

In the last 16, there were six English clubs who appeared against their respective opponents, but in fact none of them could win the first leg.

Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea, Manchester City, and Newcastle United are the teams representing England in the first leg of this season's Champions League 16-team. Unfortunately, the four teams that appear have suffered defeats, only Arsenal and Newcastle United can get a draw.

Arsenal, who were so powerful in the group stage, with a winning result, couldn't do much when facing Bayer Leverkusen. The Gunners had to be content with drawing with Leverkusen in an away game at the Bay Arena.

Meanwhile, Newcastle United performed well when holding Barcelona. The Magpies made it difficult for the Blaugrana, even Eddie Howe's children took the lead before conceding in the final minute.

Among the losing clubs, Liverpool is still better because it only lost narrowly. The Reds lost 0-1 when visiting Galatasaray's headquarters.

Meanwhile, the other three clubs lost by a three-goal margin. Manchester City was helpless against Real Madrid through three goals from Federico Valverde who scored in the goal of Gianluigi Donnarumma.

Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur suffered defeats with similar scores. The two London clubs both lost 2-5. Chelsea was beaten by Paris Saint-Germain, while Spurs were beaten by Atletico Madrid.

Despite making a less smooth record in the first leg, these English representative clubs still have a chance in the second leg which takes place next week.

In addition to Newcastle United who will undergo away games, five other clubs will have home status in the second leg.