After 17 years, No English Club made it to UEFA Champions League Round of 8

Arsenal's elimination at the hands of Bayern Munich in the European Champions League means this is the first season since 1995-96 in which no English teams have reached the quarter-finals.

After an ignominious group phase, when Manchester City finished bottom of their pool and Chelsea became the first defending champions to fall at the first hurdle, the English challenge vanished amid the first flowerings of the European spring.

Both Manchester United and Arsenal acquitted themselves commendably in their respective losses to Real Madrid and Bayern in the last 16, but the English teams no longer dominate the tournament as they once did.

"It's a massive disappointment for English football. It is a massive wake-up call for us," said Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.

"If you think of the teams who have gone out, like Manchester United, City, Chelsea and now us, it is a long time since that happened and it shows that the rest of European football has caught up with us."