After Manchester United strolled past Roma (Daniele de Rossi's penalty miss proving very costly indeed), Liverpool performed their usual Euro exploits in hammering an over-confident Arsenal and Chelsea brushed aside Fenerbahce's resistance, we have the prospect of an all-English UEFA Champion's League final but do we really want it?

For me, the thrill of the European club competitions is in seeing local clubs pitted against the very best from other countries and I can't help but feel a little hard done by that now we're down to the semi-finals there are three English teams that I (as a UK football fan) am sick of seeing and hearing about and only Barcelona left from the continent to stop them.

Why are English teams dominating this season and does it mark the beginning of a new wave of English European dominance last seen 25 to 30 years ago when clubs like Liverpool, Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa kept the old European Cup on English soil year after year? Would a Barcelona win be the best for all neutrals as their silky attractive football would have overcome either boring Chelsea or one trick ponies Liverpool in the final?