News Desk
\nLondon
\nThe Premier League has marked its return to prominence on the European stage as stunning Champions League comebacks from Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur to make the final was followed by Arsenal and Chelsea booking their place in the Europa League final.
\nFor the first time ever all four finalists will come from the same country, prompting concerns on the continent over the Premier League\u2019s wealth and status thanks to huge television rights deals.
\nThe English sweep on the football field comes, ironically, as the United Kingdom wrestles with Brexit, the painful and protracted withdrawal from the European Union.
\nOnly twice before in European football \u2014 the 1972 UEFA Cup and 2008 Champions League \u2014 had two English teams contested a final. But now two will take place in the space of four days as Arsenal and Chelsea square off in a London derby, 4,500 km (2,800 miles) from home, in Baku on May 29 before Liverpool and Tottenham clash in Madrid on June 1.
\n\u201cA full English,\u201d ran the headline on the back of British newspaper the Daily Mirror, while Spanish sports daily AS said: \u201cFootball does not know about Brexit.\u201d
\nLiverpool, last year\u2019s runners-up to Real Madrid, ended Spain\u2019s five-year grip on the continent\u2019s top club prize as they shocked Lionel Messi and Barcelona with a stunning 4-0 win at Anfield to overturn a 3-0 first leg deficit.
\nTottenham drew inspiration from the Reds to also come back from a 3-0 aggregate deficit as Ajax led 2-0 on the night in Amsterdam before Lucas Moura\u2019s second half hat-trick sent Spurs into their first Champions League final.
\n\u201cWe enjoyed a lot watching the tie against Barcelona. They are heroes too and, of course, it is going to be an amazing final between two English teams that for sure we are going to enjoy,\u201d said Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino.
\nDespite record broadcast deals bringing in billions from around the globe, English clubs have been out-thought and out-played at Champions League level over the past decade.
\nHowever, the Premier League now have the world\u2019s best managers to go with the best players.
\nJurgen Klopp is in his fourth season at Liverpool and Pochettino near the end of season five at Spurs.
\nArsenal\u2019s Unai Emery is a Europa League specialist having won the competition three times before at Sevilla and despite being questioned during his first season at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea\u2019s Maurizio Sarri is still coveted for jobs in Serie A should he wish to return to Italy.
\n\u201cAn English lesson,\u201d wrote Italian sports paper Gazzetta dello Sport. \u201cThe money flowing and the best coaches: that\u2019s how the Premier League takes it all.\u201d
\n\u201cHere the level is very high. To get to the final in the League Cup we beat Liverpool and Tottenham who are in the Champions League final, and in the final we played against the best team in Europe in my opinion, Man City,\u201d said Sarri. \u201cAt the moment the Premier League is the best championship in Europe and as a consequence, in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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