In 24 group games last season the Premier League’s four representatives – substitute Liverpool for Manchester United – lost only six games.Īnd in the Champions League years between 2003-04 to 2011-12, the most English defeats in a Champions League group stage was five – a figure already equalled this season.įrom 2005, when Liverpool famously came from three goals down to beat AC Milan on penalties in Istanbul, the power of the Premier League cast a giant shadow over the Champions League – now the aura has been stripped away and those who once ruled are reduced to the ranks.Īrsenal were defeated finalists against Barcelona in Paris in 2006 and even though AC Milan got revenge on Liverpool in Athens the following year, Manchester United and Chelsea were also in the last four. Manchester City and Manchester United play their second games on Wednesday having both lost their first. The Premier League’s finest have so far played six group games in Europe’s biggest tournament and five have ended in defeat. Why are English clubs under performing in Europe? And is there really a risk of losing that fourth Champions League spot?Īrsenal and Chelsea slipped to defeat on another night of Champions League embarrassment for the English elite, proof that the glory days are over. Manchester United, Arsenal endured terrible night and City fell at home to Italian giants Juventus on match day one in the Champions League. Premier League have gone from being the best in the world to the one of the poorest on the continent.
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