This is a popular pastime, despite or perhaps even because of the fact that Premier League teams inevitably come out of the comparison badly. Paul Scholes is just the latest commentator to use the European competition to rubbish the English one. People say the Italian league is boring but Juventus would beat any team in the English league. They came to Manchester City last season and beat them easy. Something else that can also be said without fear of contradiction is that the English league is hard to win.

Source: The Guardian September 10, 2016 21:00 UTC