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Six Premier League teams entered the UEFA Champions League last 16. Only two survived.
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Six English clubs made the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League this year: a first in competition history.
Two weeks later, the ‘biggest league in Europe’ scripted another first: the first time that four teams from the same country were all knocked out in the same round.
The first time in Champions League history that ???????????????? clubs from a single nation have been knocked out at the same knockout stage 🏴🇪🇺❌Rough round for Premier League sides 🫠 pic.twitter.com/zg1zGHPoLK
— Prime Video Sport UK (@primevideosport) March 19, 2026
Only Arsenal and Liverpool made it through to the quarter-finals. The rest? Eliminated in emphatic and embarrassing fashion.
A Historic First… For All The Wrong Reasons
To say that Manchester City, Chelsea, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur all merely crashed out would be an understatement — they were forcibly booted out with ease by their opponents.
The Premier League teams conceded a staggering 30 goals between them, while only managing to score 18 in reply. So much for defensive solidity.
4 – In Chelsea, Manchester City, Newcastle, and Tottenham Hotspur, this is the first time ever that four sides from a single nation have all been eliminated at the same stage of a season in the UEFA Champions League. Fall. pic.twitter.com/UJPhO3MVnu— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) March 18, 2026
City Stopped by Familiar Foes
City’s European nightmare continued against Real Madrid.
Drawn against the 15-time champions yet again, Pep Guardiola’s side were brushed aside 5-1 on aggregate — adding yet another painful chapter in a now-familiar rivalry.
Chelsea Crushed by PSG
Paris Saint-Germain showed no mercy against Chelsea.
The defending champions ran riot across both legs, handing the Blues an 8-2 aggregate defeat that exposed the gulf in quality.
Newcastle Fade, Spurs Fall Short
Newcastle United actually offered some resistance against Barcelona — for a very brief moment.
They stayed competitive for 135 minutes before collapsing late, conceding four second-leg goals to lose 8-3 on aggregate.
Meanwhile, relegation-threatened Tottenham Hotspur couldn’t find a way past Atletico Madrid, eventually going down 7-5 over two legs.
The Survivors
In the end, only Arsenal and Liverpool progressed — arguably helped by more favourable ties against Bayer Leverkusen and Galatasaray, respectively.
But the bigger picture is hard to ignore: for all the talk of Premier League dominance, Europe delivered a harsh correction.
Six teams entered with dreams of rewriting history. Only two remain.
So, I guess it’s fair to say that the illusion of English football supremacy has taken a serious hit.
March 19, 2026, 4:40 PM IST
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