Lack of a winter break or not good enough: why are English clubs failing in Europe?


Gruelling festive fixture lists may not be good preparation for playing Champions League football in February but Tottenham were already out by Christmas

English football may be about to plunge into one of its regular periods of introspection now that Leicester City are left as the only standard-bearers for the Premier League in the Champions League quarter-finals, though the rest of Europe will not find anything too surprising in this week’s developments.

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