The Premier League could receive another Champions League place next season after English teams received a coefficient boost in UEFA's rankings - despite Manchester City's unusually early exit from European competition on Tuesday evening.
Pep Guardiola's side travelled to Real Madrid with the faint hope of overturning a one-goal deficit following 3-2 defeat in the first leg of their play-off match.
But Kylian Mbappe put paid to any lingering ambition in the fourth minute of the clash at the Bernabeu when he put the Spanish giants 1-0 up at home.