Obani abane abahamba phambili e-EPL?
Context:Ama-2000 abona ukwanda kokuqala kweLiverpool, bese kuba yi-Arsenal ekuncintisaneni kwangempela, i-Chelsea ekugcineni yaphula i-duopoly ngokuwina ngo-2004-05. Ukubusa kwalabo ababizwa ngokuthi "Amakilabhu Amane Aphakeme". I-Arsenal, i-Chelsea, i-Liverpool neManchester United yababona beqeda phezulu etafuleni ingxenye enkulu yeminyaka eyishumi, ngaleyo ndlela baqinisekisa ukufanelekela i-UEFA Champions League. Amanye amakilabhu amathathu kuphela akwazi ukufanelekela lo mncintiswano phakathi nalesi sikhathi: iNewcastle United (2001-02 no-2002-03), i-Everton (2004-05) neTottenham Hotspur (2009-10), ngayinye ehlala endaweni yokugcina yeChampions League, ngaphandle kweNewcastle ngesizini ka-2002-03, eyaqeda okwesithathu.  Ngemuva kwesizini ka-2003-04, i-Arsenal yathola igama lesidlaliso elithi "The Invincibles" njengoba yaba ngeyokuqala, futhi kuze kube manje, okuwukuphela kweklabhu yokuqedela umkhankaso wePremier League ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa ngumdlalo owodwa.  NgoMeyi 2008, uKevin Keegan wathi ukubusa kwe- "Top Four" kusongela le ngxenye: "Leli ligi lisengozini yokuba ngomunye wemidlalo eyisicefe kodwa emikhulu emhlabeni". Isikhulu esiphezulu sePremier League uRichard Scudamore wathi ekuzivikeleni: "Kunezinxushunxushu eziningi ezahlukene ezenzeka kuPremier League kuye ngokuthi ngabe uphezulu, uphakathi noma uphansi okwenza kube mnandi".  Phakathi kuka-2005 no-2012 kwakukhona ummeleli wePremier League emidlalweni eyisikhombisa kwayisishiyagalombili yokugcina yeChampions League, lapho kwakukhona amakilabhu amane kuphela "aphezulu" afinyelela kulelo zinga. I-Liverpool (2005), i-Manchester United (2008) ne-Chelsea (2012) banqobe lo mncintiswano phakathi nalesi sikhathi, ne-Arsenal (2006), iLiverpool (2007), i-Chelsea (2008) neManchester United (2009 no-2011) bonke balahlekelwa yimigomo yeChampions League. I-Leeds United iyona kuphela iqembu elingekho "ku-Top Four" elifinyelele kuma-semi-finals e-Champions League, ngesizini ka-2000/01. Kwakukhona amaqembu amathathu e-Premier League kuma-semi-finals e-Champions League ngo-2006-07, 2007-08 no-2008-09, okuyinto eyenziwe kuphela izikhathi ezinhlanu (kanye neSerie A ngo-2002-03 noLa Liga ngo-1999-2000).  Ngaphezu kwalokho, phakathi kwe-1999-2000 ne-2009-10 izinkathi, amaqembu amane e-Premier League afinyelela ekugcineni kwe-UEFA Cup noma i-Europa League, kanti yiLiverpool kuphela ekwazile ukunqoba lo mncintiswano ngo-2001. I-Arsenal (2000), iMiddlesbrough (2006) neFulham (2010) bonke balahlekelwa yimidlalo yabo yokugcina.  Yize ukubusa kweqembu kuncishiswe ngezinga elithile ngemuva kwalesi sikhathi ngokuvela kweManchester City neTottenham, maqondana namaphuzu e-Premier League anqobe sonke isikhathi ahlala ehlukile ngomehluko othile. Ekupheleni kwesizini ka-2021 <unk> 22 <unk> isizini yama-27 yePremier League <unk> ILiverpool, esendaweni yesine etafuleni lamaphuzu sonke isikhathi, yayinamaphuzu angaphezu kwama-300 ngaphambi kweqembu elilandelayo, iTottenham Hotspur. Futhi yiwona kuphela amaqembu agcina isilinganiso sokuwina esingaphezu kuka-50% kuyo yonke iminyaka yabo yePremier League.
I-Arsenal, iLiverpool, iManchester United neChelsea zaziwa ngokuthi "yiZine Eziphezulu" ePremier League yaseNgilandi.