The completion of the group stage of the Champions League brought a particularly negative statistic for the Premier League, both for this year and… forever (since the format of the competition changes from next year).
And that’s because so much Manchester United as well as Newcastle they finished 4th and last in their groups, 1st and 6th respectively. Thus, the top League saw two of its representatives say goodbye back-to-back in the same season.
Something that in all the previous years of the Champions League had happened to a total of only three other teams (to finish 4th)! It’s about her Blackburn (1995/96), the Manchester United (2005/06, i.e. this year he did it for the second time) and Manchester City (2012/13).
And if the “red devils” showed once again that they are nothing like the big teams they had in the past, Eddie Howe’s side proved more than competitive in the “group of death” with Dortmund, Paris Saint-Germain and Milan ( which occupied the first three positions in order). In fact, during the evening, Newcastle was even in 2nd place, but in the end saw the “Rossoneri” overturn the score and leave with the “double” from their home.
And all this while England has fallen to 3rd place in points collection this season. Hence, at the moment, he does not get one of the two extra tickets for the new Champions League (to get five representatives in the top competition).
2 – Newcastle and Manchester United both finished bottom of their UEFA Champions League groups in 2023-24, just one time fewer than in all other seasons combined for English clubs (Blackburn in 1995-96, Man Utd in 2005-06 and Man City in 2012-13). Underwhelming. pic.twitter.com/X8B5gn3C5v
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 13, 2023
Source: Sport Fm
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