The Premier League may be all-conquering in the money stakes, but La Liga continues to reign supreme when it comes to the treasured prizes of Champions League and Europa League football.

Revenues among English clubs have sky-rocketed in the last decade, making the Premier League by far the richest in the world, but despite spending heavily on the world's best players they have still struggled to compete with their Spanish counterparts on the field.

Spanish clubs have won 20 out of 24 European knock-out ties against English opposition in the last decade with Sevilla and Barcelona the latest to add to the tally with victories over Manchester United and Chelsea this week.

Manchester United suffered a fifth defeat to a Spanish club in European football since 2008

Chelsea were knocked out by Barcelona to make it 20 defeats in 24 ties for English clubs

La Liga teams vs Premier League teams in European knock-out ties since 2008 La Liga Team Premier League Team Competition Season Round Agg F Agg A Barcelona Chelsea Champions League 2008/09 Semi Final 1 1 Barcelona Manchester United Champions League 2008/09 Final 2 0 Barcelona Arsenal Champions League 2009/10 Quarter Final 6 3 Atletico Madrid Liverpool Europa League 2009/10 Semi Final 2 2 Atletico Madrid Fulham Europa League 2009/10 Final 2 1 Barcelona Arsenal Champions League 2010/11 Last 16 4 3 Real Madrid Tottenham Champions League 2010/11 Quarter Final 5 0 Barcelona Manchester United Champions League 2010/11 Final 3 1 Valencia CF Stoke City Europa League 2011/12 Last 32 2 0 Athletic Club Manchester United Europa League 2011/12 Last 16 5 3 Barcelona Chelsea Champions League 2011/12 Semi Final 2 3 Real Madrid Manchester United Champions League 2012/13 Last 16 3 2 Barcelona Manchester City Champions League 2013/14 Last 16 4 1 Atletico Madrid Chelsea Champions League 2013/14 Semi Final 3 1 Barcelona Manchester City Champions League 2014/15 Last 16 3 1 Barcelona Arsenal Champions League 2015/16 Last 16 5 1 Real Madrid Manchester City Champions League 2015/16 Semi Final 1 0 Villarreal Liverpool Europa League 2015/16 Semi Final 1 3 Sevilla Liverpool Europa League 2015/16 Final 3 1 Sevilla Leicester City Champions League 2016/17 Last 16 2 3 Atletico Madrid Leicester City Champions League 2016/17 Quarter Final 2 1 Celta Vigo Manchester United Europa League 2016/17 Semi Final 1 2 Sevilla Manchester United Champions League 2017/18 Last 16 2 1 Barcelona Chelsea Champions League 2017/18 Last 16 4 1

Manchester United may have felt shocked to be dumped out by Sevilla after a 2-1 reverse at Old Trafford, but it was in fact the fifth time in just 10 years that they have been sent home by a Spanish side.

Only once have Manchester United managed to come out victorious when they edged Celta Vigo 2-1 on aggregate in last season's Europa League semi-final.

For Chelsea, it was the third time since the 2008-09 season that they had been bested by a Spanish team and the second time they fell victim to Barcelona.

Wissam Ben Yedder inspired Sevilla to their second win over an English team since 2015

Lionel Messi's Barcelona have progressed nine times in their 10 games against English teams

The cold, hard figures La Liga wins: 20 Premier League wins: 4 La Liga goals: 68 Premier League goals: 38 Advertisement

They are, however, one of only two sides to beat a Spanish team in the Champions League knock-out rounds.

Their dramatic semi-final win over Barcelona in 2012 is also the only time in the period that Barcelona have lost to a Premier League team, making it nine wins and one defeat for Lionel Messi's side.

Leicester are, surprisingly, the other side to manage this rare feat. Last season, they did what Manchester United failed to do when they knocked Sevilla out in the round of 16.

A Fernando Torres inspired Chelsea are the only side to have beaten Barcelona over two legs

Leicester did what Manchester United could not by knocking out Sevilla last season

The final victory for an English side belongs to Liverpool, who beat Villarreal 3-1 on aggregate in a Europa League semi-final in 2016. However, they would go onto lose the final against Sevilla.

It makes for grim reading as Manchester City and Liverpool await the results of the Champions League quarter-final draw with Real Madrid, Barcelona and Sevilla all potential opponents.

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