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Libero 091 | Bad In The Premier League, Winning In Europe

27 Jan 2026 · 57 min · Episode 91

Wednesday sees the climax of the Champions League's 144-game 'league phase', a TV bonanza featuring 18 fixtures, after which we will know who made the top eight, who faces the punishment round and who goes home. It's thrilling stuff, we're told.

On today’s Libero, Jack Pitt-Brooke, Jonathan Wilson and Tariq Panja discuss the second season of the new format and wonder whether the pay-off is worth the long slog. With six English teams vying for a spot in the top eight, it feels like the most Premier League dominated Champions League season yet. So why don’t English teams win the competition more often? And is this imbalance actually more of a problem than the format itself?

P1: (09:40)

P2: (31:01)

Produced by: Tom Bassam

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Music: Kid Kodi - Blue Dot Sessions

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