I lifted the following Stats from a Martin Tyler column. Since the formation of the Premier League, both United and Liverpool have won the CL once. However, United have played in more than twice as many matches. United also have the best win percentage of any of the big four. MANCHESTER UNITED P 135 W 71 D 33 L 31 F 240 A 132 Win percentage: 52.5% Goals Scored per game: 1.7 Goals conceded per game: 0.97 LIVERPOOL P 62 W 31* D 17 L 14 F 90 A 47 (*includes penalty shoot-out win in 2005 CL Final) Win percentage: 50% Goals conceded per game: 0.75 ARSENAL P 97 W 44 D 28 L 28 F 136 A 94 Win percentage: 45% Goals Scored per game: 1.40 Goals conceded per game: 0.97 CHELSEA P 66 W 33 D 19 L 14 F 97 A 52 Win percentage: 50% Goals Scored per game: 1.47 Goals conceded per game: 0.78 The numbers don't lie. They show that United and not Liverpool are the more experienced CL side.
Yeah, but we don't have magical nights, where fans get to witness the football feast that is a 1-1 draw with Chelski. No, we just have average evenings where we put 7 past an Italian side. Advantage Liverpool.
A little surprised that Chelsea have played more games in the competition since it became the Champions League. When United started catching them up for league titles. Nah, fair play to them, think it started on the back of them beating St. Etienne the first time they won it. However, they do seem to be more proud of their European wins ever since United started to close the gap domestically. A quick look at their attendances from when they were quite dominant shows a general trend of them not being too interested in the early rounds and often not attending in as many numbers as they were for the biggest domestic games of the season in the latter stages. (Definitely doesn't include St. Etienne.)