LIVERPOOL -- Brendan Rodgers has called on the Premier League to do more to help English teams succeed in European competition.
Defeats for Arsenal and Chelsea on Tuesday mean that England's clubs have lost five of the six matches they have played in the Champions League this season.
No Premier League team made it beyond the competition's round of 16 last season, while no English side has reached the final since Chelsea won it in 2012.
Liverpool manager Rodgers feels that the competitive nature of the Premier League can wear teams out ahead of big European games, but he also feels that the league's management could do more to schedule fixtures to help English clubs.
He pointed to the decision of the Portuguese football authorities to allow FC Porto to move last weekend's scheduled fixture at Moreirense forward to a Friday night to give them an extra day to prepare for Tuesday's Champions League home game against Chelsea, which they won 2-1.
Rodgers said: "I think the Premier League can do more to support the teams in Europe. It happens with other federations in other countries. They really help, but it doesn't happen in this country.
"The physicality of the Premier League is like no other. In other countries, some of the big teams in Europe can change five, six, seven players and still win."
Rodgers is expected to make several changes for his side's Europa League Group B home match against Swiss side FC Sion on Thursday, in order to keep players fresh for Sunday's Premier League derby at Everton.
His side will play a minimum of 27 games before the turn of the year -- 19 in the Premier League, six in the Europa League and at last two in the Capital One Cup.
Rodgers suggested most leading teams in other European countries will have less busy schedules.
"They've got one domestic competition fewer," he said. "We've got two domestic cup competitions in this country when others have one.
"It all adds up to being difficult physically for the Premier League teams and for the teams in European football, but it's something we have to cope with.
"We respect that challenge, and it means you really have to monitor and get the best out of the players you have available."