Quite a lot of representatives from the English league can enter the top 8 of the Champions League, especially if we see that the Champions League is led by Liverpool as the leader of the Champions League and the English League and Arsenal in third place after Barcelona, and the most disappointing is indeed Man City, they almost couldn't enter the next round and fortunately they were able to beat Club Brugge and were able to enter the Champions League play-off round, if they hadn't beaten that team it might have been a bad story that had to be swallowed by fans and the entire team about Manchester City failing to enter the Champions League play-offs.
Only Man City is the only EPL representative club that is not in the top 8 and I think that is bad for the reputation that they have built as a strong candidate in the Champions League for years but it seems that this season the strong candidates are Arsenal and Liverpool who have performed well so far because they have only experienced 1 defeat from 8 matches but I am more inclined to Liverpool because they look very strong in the EPL and UCL and even look consistent and have a strong ambition to win the title this season.