Benni McCarthy think that there has been a change of power within UEFA

Benni McCarthy, the only South African to have won the UEFA Champions League, thinks that there could be a power shift towards English clubs after big wins for Manchester United and Liverpool.

This season, there will be four Premier League teams in the quarterfinals of UCL for the first time in ten years. United, Liverpool, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur will all advance at the expense of Bayern Munich and Paris Saint. -Germain.

The former Porto club, FC Porto de McCarthy, with whom he won the Champions League, is one of the teams still in contention, but Bafana Bafana's top scorer was impressed by the way whose English teams have taken up their tournament challenges up to now.

Sending to Soccer Laduma at the launch of Pepsi Max's #WinLikeABaller campaign on Wednesday night, the Cape Town City Head Coach said: "I do not think it's just the way the draw took place … The English teams had a difficult draw, I think Manchester City probably had the easier with Schalke, and when Schalke was ready to play, it caused them problems, but with the quality of City, they could come back and come back in the game. "

Although some think that City may have had the best draw, United, Liverpool and Spurs have certainly not been easy to play, and McCarthy believes that the current level of EPL has played a role in their progress. .

"Manchester United had no chance to qualify against PSG, with Liverpool and Bayern, few people saw it coming in. And with the form of Dortmund, you could not have gone next to them to go kill the Spurs, but the Spurs were great, "McCarthy said. added.

"The English teams have finally had experience since their debut in the UEFA Champions League in recent years – they are gaining ground.For example, this is no longer the first time for the Spurs, and now they are mingling with the big boys.

"I think the pace of the Premier League helps when you go into the Champions League because most other teams can not live with it."

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