For all the talk of the EPL being the best league in the world, the participants' success in the UEFA Champions League has been patchy in recent times to say the least.

In the past decade, Manchester United and Liverpool have of course lifted the trophy, but there has not been the dominance by EPL teams that has been seen by sides from their main rivals in Spain's La Liga and Italy's Serie A.

With all four sides (Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United) making the knock-out stages, it looked like it could even be an all-EPL final and potentially three of the four semi-finalists coming from the EPL.

However, Arsenal's shock exit to PSV in the last-sixteen has now been followed up by poor results by both Chelsea and Manchester United this week at the hands of Valencia and Roma respectively.

Whilst Liverpool have one foot in the semi-finals, both United and Chelsea now have work to do to make it into the final four. United will have to win (albeit at home) against Roma and do so without Paul Scholes and the now injured Nemandja Vidic and Gary Neville, whilst Chelsea also have to win - this time on the road in Valencia where the corpses of despatched big name sides still lie.

It is conceivable all three will make the final four and even have an all EPL final, but it is about time that EPL sides proved their worth and finally laid down a marker to back up the claim it is the best league in the world.