For now, the Premier League teams are still favored and taken into account in the UCL stage, but Aston Villa's victory over Bayern was quite surprising in my opinion because no one expected that Aston Villa would be able to win the match and for Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal I think they won the match fairly because since before the PL team was very favored, even for this season Manchester City is still the top favorite to win the Champion League.
it was a really commendable one from Aston Villa in that game, even when it felt like they were lucky, it still turned out they are winners and have been able to get the complete points in that game unlike before when they will be struggling at some point to win Bayern Munich in a champions league game where they aren't experienced enough, even in the game it was obvious they were not playing really well but were just defensive and got lucky at some point with which they were able to secure the victory. all premier league teams are doing well.
I was also quite surprised because it was interesting that Aston Villa was quoted by Bayer Munich but they managed to score 1 goal to mark the victory over the leaders of the German league, it was a great victory that Aston Villa got.
Teams from the English premier league always get positive respons from many football fans, this level of confidence is because they are more competitive and expensive for a league, also the popularity of the English premier league is one of the most popular leagues which is why most people watch this league, so when a team enters another big league internationally such as the UCL, many believe the team from the English premier league to be the favorite.