{"id":1439667,"date":"2026-03-19T12:51:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T12:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?post_type=features&#038;p=1439667"},"modified":"2026-03-19T13:02:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:02:47","slug":"champions-league-analysis-premier-league-sides-back-in-their-place","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/champions-league-analysis-premier-league-sides-back-in-their-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Champions League analysis: Have Premier League sides been put back in their place?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Less than a month ago, six English teams made it to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/champions-league-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Champions League<\/a> last 16. This week, four English sides went out at that same stage. Both were a first in competition history.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having six teams from one country in a competition named the \u201cChampions League\u201d makes little sense. But what does in football these days? It was an indicator of the Premier League\u2019s apparent dominance of European football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last 10 days have put to bed that notion with humblings and hammerings across the board and only Arsenal and Liverpool progressing to the quarter-finals. And that was not a major achievement considering their opponents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><h2>In this article, we&#8217;ll cover:<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"#h-two-go-through-four-go-out\" data-level=\"2\">Two go through, four go out<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-factors-or-excuses\" data-level=\"2\">Factors or excuses?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-back-in-their-place-and-back-to-the-drawing-board\" data-level=\"2\">Back in their place and back to the drawing board<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-two-go-through-four-go-out\">Two go through, four go out <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You could say that of the four sides who went out, only Manchester City was a slight surprise. But the manner of the defeats was the real talking point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Man City collapsed to a Real Madrid side shorn of Kylian Mbappe and Jude Bellingham among others. They initially fell to a first-half Federico Valverde hat-trick in the opening leg. Then, Bernardo Silva ended any hopes of a comeback with an early red card in the second leg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Real Madrid have now knocked Man City out of the Champions League in each of the past three seasons. And four times in five years overall.<\/p>\n\n\n<hr \/>\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/go\/sky-bet?q=gb-all-soa-bs4-s-spo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky Bet Offer<\/a>: Get \u00a340 in free bets when you place any bet<\/h2>\r\n<p>Looking for some free bets to boost your betting fund? 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FIRST SINGLE &amp; E\/W BET ONLY ODDS OF 1\/1 OR GREATER. 4 X \u00a310 BET TOKENS. FREE BET STAKES NOT INCLUDED IN RETURNS. FREE BETS ARE NON WITHDRAWABLE. FREE BETS ARE NON WITHDRAWABLE. FREE BETS EXPIRE AFTER 30 DAYS. ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AND FURTHER T&amp;CS APPLY.<\/h5>\r\n<hr \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Chelsea appeared to have fared better against holders Paris Saint-Germain. Well, at least until the 74th minute of the first leg when Filip Jorgensen&#8217;s blunder turned the tie with the score at 2-2 in Paris. Six goals later, the Blues were dumped out and booed off at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Newcastle United were the only English side to truly impress in the first legs. They were only denied a famous win over Barcelona by a last-minute Lamine Yamal penalty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That continued in Camp Nou on Wednesday night, until another Yamal penalty at the end of the first half completed shifted the game. The Magpies fell apart after the break. They conceded four quickfire goals to lose 7-2 in a record European defeat for the club. In could be their last Champions League appearance for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2026\/03\/19121608\/ucl-worst-english-knockout-defeats-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1439718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2026\/03\/19121608\/ucl-worst-english-knockout-defeats-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2026\/03\/19121608\/ucl-worst-english-knockout-defeats-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2026\/03\/19121608\/ucl-worst-english-knockout-defeats-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2026\/03\/19121608\/ucl-worst-english-knockout-defeats-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2026\/03\/19121608\/ucl-worst-english-knockout-defeats-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2026\/03\/19121608\/ucl-worst-english-knockout-defeats-267x267.jpg 267w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2026\/03\/19121608\/ucl-worst-english-knockout-defeats-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2026\/03\/19121608\/ucl-worst-english-knockout-defeats-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2026\/03\/19121608\/ucl-worst-english-knockout-defeats-40x40.jpg 40w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2026\/03\/19121608\/ucl-worst-english-knockout-defeats.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Somehow, Tottenham Hotspur came out of the last 16 as only the fourth-most embarrasing English club. And they even had some credit to their name. Who would have thought that after Antonin Kinsky&#8217;s horror show at the Wanda Metropolitano in the first leg?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Igor Tudor got his first win as Tottenham manager in the second leg. And it could prove pivotal in Spurs&#8217; fight for Premier League survivial. A 7-5 aggregate defeat to Atletico Madrid is the least of their concerns right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Across the 12 games, English clubs let in a staggering 30 goals &#8212; with only Arsenal and Liverpool shining with one conceded apiece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-factors-or-excuses\">Factors or excuses?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A series of factors and\/or excuses have been cited in the Champions League post-mortem. Comparative league competitiveness, schedule, fatigue, form and style of play are just a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All are valid to a point, with the Premier League definitely tougher week on week than the other top European leagues. The presence of six English sides in the last 16 tells you that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But does this, as well as the absence of a winter break, act as a major hindrance? German, French and Spanish sides all benefit from a break. It didn&#8217;t seem to matter a few years ago, when there were two all-English finals and a Premier League team in all but one of six finals between 2018 and 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nor in the mid-to-late 2000s when Manchester United and Liverpool won the competition and made two finals apiece while Arsenal and Chelsea competed in their first-ever finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was also an era in which the English sides didn\u2019t have financial dominance over most of Europe as they do now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps more questions should be pointed at recruitment. Newcastle spent over \u00a3100m on two strikers in the summer but neither started against Barcelona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-back-in-their-place-and-back-to-the-drawing-board\">Back in their place and back to the drawing board<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The style of play in the Premier League is super athletic, but a bit primitive. Especially compared to the technical brilliance of Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and PSG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The likes of Yamal, Vinicius Jr and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia among otthers are a cut above the best of the Premier League right now. Not to mention Mbappe and Harry Kane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For all the financial might of the English clubs, they still trail these four clubs in all the relevant money lists. As well as in their ability to attract the very best players in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Premier League might be the best league in the world. But, with the exception of Arsenal, it does not have the best teams. Instead of championing six teams in the last 16, no finalist in the last two years is the more telling statistic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Will that become three this year? Regardless, it\u2019s back to drawing board for the Premier League having been put in their place by the established European order.<\/p>\n\n\n<h3><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/champions-league-tips\/\"><strong>Champions League predictions &amp; tips<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/outright-markets\/champions-league-outright-odds-qualification\/\"><strong>Champions League outright odds <\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/\"><strong>Latest football news<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/betting-sites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best betting sites<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/betting-sites\/best-free-bet-offers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best free bet offers<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/accumulator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Football accumulator tips<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Less than a month ago, six English teams made it to the Champions League last 16. 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