In the early hours of this morning, the Europa League and the Europa League round of 8 were all over, and the three teams in the Premier League attacked, in addition to Villa's thrilling promotion, the other two teams Liverpool and West Ham United were out. As a result, only one of the five Premier League teams participating in the top 8 of the European competition is left, and the top 3 Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool, plus the UEFA Europa League champion West Ham United are all out, and the Premier League's European record this season is difficult to be satisfied.
Yesterday's Champions League game, the Premier League was wiped out, first Arsenal lost 0-1 away to Bayern, 2-3 on aggregate, and then the defending champion Manchester City fell in the penalty shootout, was eliminated by Real Madrid, the Premier League, which has played quite strongly in the Champions League in recent seasons, has missed the top 4, which is a big surprise, and their European points have also been surpassed by the Bundesliga, and the fifth Champions League place is in jeopardy.
In this morning's game, the Premier League can be said to be a mournful player. Liverpool trailed 3-0 at home in the first leg and were out 3-1 on aggregate in the second leg despite beating Atalanta 1-0 away. West Ham faced Bayer Leverkusen, who had been in excellent form this season, losing 2-0 away in the first leg and returning home, David Moyes' side were arguably at their best, scoring early enough to see hope of finding the back of the net, but conceded in the 89th minute to draw 1-1 at home and go out 3-1 on aggregate.
The hopes of the whole village were pinned on Aston Villa, who won 2-1 at home to Lille and 3-3 on aggregate, with Martinez saving twice in the penalty shoot-out to help Villa win 4-3. Unai Emery, who just messed up Arsenal's title race last weekend, led Villa to the last four of the Europa League this time, and the "King of the Europa League", who has won the Europa League many times before, has any hope of helping the Premier League win a Europa League title this time?