{"id":2212900,"date":"2026-10-22T21:30:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T18:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2212900"},"modified":"2026-10-22T21:30:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T18:30:31","slug":"dream-night-for-bournemouth-how-did-the-premier-league-come-to-dominate-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2212900","title":{"rendered":"Dream night for Bournemouth &#8211; how did the Premier League come to dominate Europe?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/branded_sport\/1200\/cpsprodpb\/45c2\/live\/fcc4e790-ce59-11f1-a166-e30097724580.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"ssrcss-2fe4mx-ArticleWrapper e1nh2i2l0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-15twdc6-Stack e1y4nx260\">\n<div data-block=\"headline\" class=\"ssrcss-l7emlr-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-usmnse-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<header data-testid=\"headline\">\n<h1 id=\"main-heading\" tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"ssrcss-8zqj65-Heading e10rt3ze0\"><span role=\"text\">Dream night for Bournemouth &#8211; win over Milan a sign of Premier League power<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"image\" class=\"ssrcss-l7emlr-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-126h8e-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"ssrcss-1uy5kw5-FullWidthWrapper ep2nwvo1\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-hc6arm-StyledFigure e34k3c22\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-10vesxc-Placeholder etlorgc0\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/240\/cpsprodpb\/45c2\/live\/fcc4e790-ce59-11f1-a166-e30097724580.jpg.webp 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/320\/cpsprodpb\/45c2\/live\/fcc4e790-ce59-11f1-a166-e30097724580.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/480\/cpsprodpb\/45c2\/live\/fcc4e790-ce59-11f1-a166-e30097724580.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/624\/cpsprodpb\/45c2\/live\/fcc4e790-ce59-11f1-a166-e30097724580.jpg.webp 624w\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><\/span><span role=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-tzgxt7-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20\"><span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">Image source, <\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"ssrcss-3uli8u-StyledFigureCaption ehbdhz00\"><span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">Image caption, <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-15twdc6-Stack e1y4nx260\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Bournemouth have beaten Real Sociedad, Sturm Graz, and now AC Milan in the Europa League<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"byline\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-126h8e-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"multi-byline\"><span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">By<\/span><span><span class=\"ssrcss-16u1n8p-TextContributorName epw3ir01\">Alex Brotherton<\/span><span class=\"ssrcss-1ai8n1t-Text e1xjs3jz0\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">,\u00a0<\/span>BBC Sport journalist<\/span><\/span><span><span class=\"ssrcss-1ai8n1t-Text e1xjs3jz0\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"ssrcss-16u1n8p-TextContributorName epw3ir01\">Andy Cryer<\/span><span class=\"ssrcss-1ai8n1t-Text e1xjs3jz0\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">,\u00a0<\/span>BBC Sport senior journalist<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"metadata\" class=\"ssrcss-l7emlr-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-126h8e-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"metadata\">\n<div>\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"ssrcss-9tw7r1-MetadataStripContainer eh44mf03\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-10q9h22-GroupChildrenForWrapping eh44mf02\">\n<li role=\"listitem\" class=\"ssrcss-sf7vdp-MetadataStripItem eh44mf01\">\n<div class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">Published<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-m5j4pi-MetadataContent eh44mf00\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1pvwv4b-MetadataSnippet e4wm5bw3\"><span class=\"ssrcss-61mhsj-MetadataText e4wm5bw1\"><time data-testid=\"timestamp\" datetime=\"2026-10-22T21:30:31.030Z\">28 minutes ago<\/time><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-126h8e-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"rich-text\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-nqezkk-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b>At times, being a <\/b><b>Bournemouth<\/b><b> fan must feel like living in a simulation.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">That was certainly the case on Thursday night as the Cherries beat seven-time continental champions AC Milan 3-0 in only their third-ever European fixture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Justin Kluivert scored the opener at Vitality Stadium, 31 years after his father, Patrick, scored the winning goal for Ajax against Milan in the Champions League final.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Having seen their club narrowly avoid the jaws of liquidation in 2008, not many Bournemouth fans would have dreamed that famous name would one day appear on their shirts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s mega. In terms of the story of the club it&#8217;s ridiculous. Someone told me today, 15 years ago today we were 17th in League One, so it&#8217;s pretty incredible,&#8221; Bournemouth midfielder Ryan Christie told TNT Sports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;So many of these fans have been here for this journey so to have nights like this and win as well is special.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">To add to the peculiarity of the situation, Milan fielded more English players in their starting XI (three) than the hosts (two).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">While the sending off of Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan killed the contest after 27 minutes, Bournemouth were by far the better side up until that point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In truth, that didn&#8217;t come as a surprise, even though Bournemouth have won just six points from seven league games this term while Milan are fourth in Serie A.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The three sides they have beaten this season &#8211; Real Sociedad, Sturm Graz, and now Milan &#8211; have all competed in the Champions League inside the past three years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">For them it&#8217;s a fairytale, but for the rest of Europe, is it a Premier League-induced nightmare?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Five months after a missed Arsenal penalty denied a Premier League clean sweep in the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League, is this yet another sign of English club dominance?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"links\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-126h8e-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1gccci3-Stack e1y4nx260\">\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"ssrcss-94r6ik-Stack e1y4nx260\">\n<li class=\"ssrcss-qzx51b-LinkItem e3eyuya1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1gccci3-Stack e1y4nx260\"><span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0s6gx-LinkHeadline e3eyuya4\"><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Bournemouth sweep aside 10-man Milan in Europa League<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"subheadline\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-usmnse-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"subheadline\">\n<h2 id=\"Premier-League-sides-make-strong-start\" tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"ssrcss-1sc9t00-Heading e10rt3ze0\"><span role=\"text\">Premier League sides make strong start<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-126h8e-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"rich-text\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-nqezkk-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">English clubs played nine games in Europe this week, losing just once.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In fact, Premier League clubs have lost just four of 26 games played across the three continental competitions so far this season. Manchester United are responsible for two of them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In the five seasons since the Conference League was introduced, no league has yet won all three, but in three different seasons Premier League clubs have won two of them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Over the past two seasons, Premier League clubs have played 21 knockout ties against European opposition in the Conference League and Europa League &#8211; and won all 21.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The only two ties they have lost have been to other English teams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But, despite such dominance, the Champions League still remains elusive for most, with only Manchester City lifting the trophy over the past five years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">So, why are English clubs so dominant in Europe&#8217;s secondary competitions &#8211; and why hasn&#8217;t this transferred to consistent Champions League glory?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"subheadline\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-usmnse-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"subheadline\">\n<h2 id=\"Money-talks\" tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"ssrcss-1sc9t00-Heading e10rt3ze0\"><span role=\"text\">Money talks<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-126h8e-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"rich-text\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-nqezkk-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Fifteen of last season&#8217;s 20 Premier League teams featured in the top 30 of Deloitte&#8217;s 2026 Money List.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It is easy to see why then English clubs appear to be head and shoulders above the rest when it comes to the Europa League and the Conference League.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Premier League clubs earn more than \u00a31.37bn per season in television rights, a figure La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1 could only match combined.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Brighton are easily the richest club in the Conference League this season, while Bournemouth and Crystal Palace both appear in last season&#8217;s top 30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Last season Aston Villa beat Freiburg comfortably in the Europa League final, with a revenue more than double the Germans&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Crystal Palace won the Conference League with a revenue of almost four times more than Rayo Vallecano, the side they saw off in the final.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In 2025, Tottenham beat Manchester United in the Europa League final. In the Premier League, they finished 17th and 15th respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In 2022-23, West Ham finished 14th and won the Conference League.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">All the evidence points to the Premier League&#8217;s collective strength. Take away Europe&#8217;s richest and England dominates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The summer transfer window was further evidence of Europe&#8217;s struggles against the Premier League, with the latter again setting a new transfer spend record of \u00a33.49bn to dwarf their rival leagues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Of the 20 most expensive transfers completed in the summer only six were not to clubs in the English top flight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">You now have Premier League clubs &#8211; away from the traditional big six &#8211; beating other top European sides to signings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Premier League wages are generally higher and the league is increasingly seen as the place to be for a lot of European talent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;With the exception of some of the global brands within football, and I think you&#8217;d look at Real Madrid, Barcelona, PSG and Bayern Munich, the Premier League can outspend anyone and everyone,&#8221; football finance expert Kieran Maguire said in August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;A significant proportion of overseas players are now choosing to play in England than elsewhere in Europe because of the wages on offer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"subheadline\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-usmnse-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"subheadline\">\n<h2 id=\"Europe-still-rules-in-Champions-League\" tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"ssrcss-1sc9t00-Heading e10rt3ze0\"><span role=\"text\">Europe still rules in Champions League<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-126h8e-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"rich-text\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-nqezkk-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Despite the success of Premier League sides in the Europa League and Conference League, the Champions League is a harder nut to crack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">While Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich all lost to English teams in last season&#8217;s elongated Champions League league stage, it has been a very different story when it really mattered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Over the past two campaigns, eight of nine English teams have been knocked out by one of the Deloitte Money League&#8217;s big four, according to the last report produced in January 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Chelsea, Manchester City, Newcastle and Liverpool were eliminated by an aggregate score of 25-6 last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">No English club appeared in the top four of Deloitte&#8217;s Money List, with Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Paris St-Germain leading the way. Three of those have won the Champions League five times between them in the last seven years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">English clubs are certainly very much in the mix for the Champions League, with Arsenal losing last season&#8217;s final on penalties and Manchester City winning in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But, with just one English club in the past three finals, the Premier League elite are yet to take their European domination to the very top.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Come May, it could well be Bournemouth, Brighton, Crystal Palace or Sunderland leading the English charge in Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-block=\"topicList\" class=\"ssrcss-vxwoax-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-tcr9z1-Spacer e1aon0op0\">\n<div data-testid=\"topic-list\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-nj9heb-StyledTagContainer ed0g1kj1\">\n<div 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