However, for the rest of the English clubs left in Europe, be in Manchester United, Manchester City and Stoke City, in the Europa League, or Chelsea and Arsenal in the Champions League, the draw for the next round got underway on Friday.
A cup that serves the purpose of serving up the cream of the crop from various European crops across the continent, was met with disdain by English clubs when they did, indeed, get served with the creams of their respected crops. “If I’m honest there are other teams we may have preferred,” said David Miles, Arsenal secretary, on his club’s draw of AC Milan.
“It will be difficult, Napoli were in the same group as Man City and Man City are unfortunately no longer with us,” stated David Barnard, Chelsea secretary. It is a cup to find the best and, as the saying goes, you have to beat the best to be the best: so why the moaning?
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It is time for English clubs to stand up to the mantle if they want to keep, or their fans at least want to keep, their title as the best league in the world. The Premier League is proving to be more competitive than it has been for awhile, if you ask fans and anyone from Manchester City to Liverpool are in with a shout for the title, reckons Andre Villas-Boas.
The competitiveness at the top has been undoubted this season. In the top five alone, these results have appeared: Man utd 8-2 Arsenal, Man utd 1-6 Man City, Chelsea 2-1 Man City, Arsenal 5-3 Chelsea, Man Utd 3 Chelsea 1. If a season could be said as blown open in regards to the title, this season is in contention for the tag.
With clashes in Europe providing the chance to make a positive statement of intent and the misfortune of City and United pitting them in the Europa League, now more than ever is the time to stop whinging and whining about, “quite hard” fixtures and opposition that they, “may have preferred,” in place and instead turn their heads to earning the right to call their league the best in the world.
Written by Jordan Florit for www.maycauseoffence.com/ For more articles visit my website or my Twitter @JordanFlorit
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