England is not going to pass any of its representatives to the Champions League quarter-finals, the worst season since 1996, when Britain was represented Blackburn Rovers.
Arsenal and Chelsea, the two remaining British representatives in the Champions League defeat of the Italian representative on the first leg. Arsenal lost four goals without reply from Milan, while Chelsea need a victory by a margin of two goals to get past the obstacles of Naples.
These results are in stark contrast when compared with the period 2007 to 2009, when three of the four semifinalists alternately occupied by Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool.
David O'Leary has come to take Leeds United to the Champions League semi-final in 2001, assessing the reasons for the decline of English teams in the Champions League is very simple, namely because of the quality of the top Premier League team that has dropped dramatically.
"The quality of the Premier League has not changed, but instead retreated to the back. Chelsea suffered a setback. Arsenal back. Liverpool no longer competitive," said O'Leary as reported by the Mirror Football.
"I think Sir Alex [Ferguson] and reached for the fantastic season by qualifying for the Champions League final, but the team is now different,"
"Manchester City have the power of money to spend tremendous players, but they are still in the stage of building a team,"
"Chelsea are still Jose Mourinho has coached John Terry and Frank Lampard are still young, also with Arsenal a few years ago a very strong, or with Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo when he was there. But now? Not at all
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