At the start of this week’s round of European fixtures, Italy and Germany occupied the top two slots, with England in third.

But Arsenal in the Champions League, Liverpool and West Ham in the Europa League and Aston Villa in the Europa Conference League all went through to the quarter-finals.

Only Brighton, who were never expected to go through after a 4-0 first-leg loss to Roma, went out.

Including Manchester City, England have five teams still in Europe to Italy’s four and Germany’s three.

Borussia Dortmund, in the Champions League, and Europa League side Bayer Leverkusen both went through, but Freiburg’s exit could prove costly.

Italy’s two Champions League teams this week, Napoli and Inter Milan, were eliminated – but AC Milan, Atalanta, Roma and Fiorentina all progressed on Thursday.

England’s points are divided by eight, instead of seven, because that is the amount of Premier League teams in Europe as a result of West Ham qualifying for the Europa League by winning the Europa Conference League.