It was a ‘painful’ week for English clubs as Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool and West Ham all crashed out of Europe
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp accepted their lack of goal threat failed to put enough pressure on Atalanta to help turn their Europa League quarter-final back in their favour on Thursday night. Mohamed Salah's seventh-minute penalty had raised hopes of a Barcelona 2019-style comeback but the Egypt international missed a relatively straightforward lob to make it 2-0 towards the end of the first half and they faded badly after the break as they exited the competition 3-1 on aggregate. That meant for only the third time in the 21st century, England have no teams in the semi-finals of the Champions League or Europa League/UEFA Cup.
The Hammers were knocked out of the Europa League by Bayer Leverkusen, with Antonio launching a scathing attack on the officials after the game
The Aston Villa goalkeeper thought he was being sent off during the shootout - but a rule change, introduced four years ago, saved him