Complex sentence: Newcastle United and Chelsea were the other two teams who qualified for the UEFA Champions League at the expence of Liverpool who had to settle for the UEFA Cup; they would be joined in Europe by Blackburn Rovers for their second successive season.
Split into simpler sentences: Newcastle United and Chelsea were the other two teams who qualified for the UEFA Champions League. Liverpool had to settle for the UEFA Cup; they would be joined in Europe by Blackburn Rovers for their second successive season.