So, who's a Farmers League now?

A million-dollar question: what makes Unai Emery's Aston Villa unique among the Premier League sides?

Well, unlike Liverpool, West Ham, Manchester City and Arsenal, they're the only EPL team that celebrated a European victory in midweek.

The Villains defeated Ligue 1 slot OSC Lille 2-1 in the first leg of the UEFA Europa Conference League quarter-final.

The rest of the English teams in Europe were not that lucky, to put it politely and even a bit incorrectly.

You've had a chance to read here at Mozzart Sport Kenya about the calvary both the Hammers and especially the Reds went through on Thursday night in their respective Europa League ties.

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And while is not that disappointing and shocking to see West Ham succumbing to a deserved, late 2-0 defeat at the hands of Bundesliga's title contender Bayer Leverkusen, it's a whole different story with Jurgen Klopp's outfit.

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A brutal 3-0 home defeat to the Serie A's sixth-placed side, Atalanta, raised much more than a genuine concern for the Scousers. Not even the worst pessimists couldn't predict such a meltdown at Anfield against the not-more-than-decent Italian counterpart.

For years, the narrative was the English Premier League is acres above the Serie A or the Bundesliga (Farmers League, as quite a few used to call it pejoratively) in terms of quality.

However, those two statement wins - or defeats (depending on the angle we're looking at) - tell us that things have changed dramatically. Not in favour of the EPL teams.

Moreover, two of the three contenders for the Premier League title in the current season, Manchester City and Arsenal, also failed to win in their respective Champions League battles.

Sure, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich have been the creme della creme of European football for decades - and still are, indeed - but that's an even better test of your qualities. If you can't beat and eliminate them, then we've got a pretty straightforward conclusion for you - we guess you're not the best in the world, let alone Europe.

This outcome triggered a whole avalanche of comments on social media, as the Serie A and Bundesliga worshipers took to X to enjoy their 'I told you so' moment thoroughly.

"Atalanta showing everyone's there's plenty of life in the Serie A and it's a top quality league… Regular viewers will know that there's more to football in Europe outside of just the Premier League."

"Serie A is better than Premier League. It's time we actually start speaking about this seriously."

"I tell you this, guys, none of us in the Premier League would want to face some Serie A teams. Even Frosinone would beat half of the Premier League teams."

Too harsh, you say? Probably a bit, and we'll see what those return legs have to offer, but it's a fact that EPL's supremacy is no longer that apparent and provable.