LONDON — And then there were none.
English clubs bowed out of the Champions League this week, which means for the first time since 2003 England has no representative in the semifinals, while there has been at least one English side in every final since 2004.
Arsenal was blown away by the genius of Lionel Messi, and then the inexperience of Manchester United's teenage right-back Rafael handed the initiative to Bayern Munich which took full advantage of its numerical superiority.