There is no doubting that there has been a huge improvement within the quality of player in the EPL over the past six years or so. The current European and World player of the year is plying his trade in the English league and the current Champions League winners are English. This is also backed up once again with all four EPL clubs reaching the last eight of this years Champions League this also occurred the previous year. Many people are coming to conclusions for the reason behind the EPL clubs success but the easy option is to state that money is the deciding factor.

Steven Gerrard demolished Real Madrid with his performance.

That is just all to easy to state, but if you look at the early 80's when English clubs dominated Europe there was certainly not money involved in the English league then compared to now. Some big names in world soccer have given there reasons behind the English clubs dominance in Europe. England manager, Fabio Capello, gave his reasons. "Let's say there is a big difference in terms of attitude," he told Raisports. He also stated "(English clubs) have a habit of being more physical and athletic. (Italian) teams are deficient in these areas compared to them". This could be said also for the Spanish clubs also after Liverpool's crushing defeat of Real Madrid. Clarence Seedorf also stated that he thought English clubs structures were better planned than Italian clubs with the policy of investing in youth. He commented "it is about management and building the right projects so you can be competitive. I think in Italy that is what is lacking. I think the English teams have sufficient team structures. They’ve been buying the right players and even from a younger age they are now popping up. For example, if you look at Cristiano Ronaldo he was in Manchester when he was 17 or 18 and now he’s one of the best players in the world. He makes the difference to their squad."

England Manager, Fabio Capello
This has always been the take on the culture of soccer in England. EPL clubs have always played a higher tempo which creates a more physical and fast paced game. This is mainly the deciding factor with the dominance of English soccer. This has been shown with Liverpool and Utd's victories over Real Madrid and Inter Milan respectively. EPL clubs have the upper hand for now but the question is how long will that last?.