Four English teams will find out their potential route to the final of the Champions League when the quarter-final and semi-final draw takes place on Friday at 11:00 GMT.
Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham could face each other in the knockout stages.
Arsenal and Chelsea are in the Europa League quarter-final draw at 12:00 GMT.
It is the first time in 48 years that England has had six quarter-finalists in major European competitions.
The other four teams in the Champions League draw are Spanish champions Barcelona, Dutch four-time winners Ajax, Italian champions Juventus and Portuguese champions Porto.
It is the first time since 2009 that four English sides are in the last eight of the Champions League.
In Friday’s draw, Uefa will also pick the ‘home’ and ‘away’ sides for the final at Atletico Madrid’s Wanda Metropolitano stadium.
The last English side to win the competition was Chelsea in 2012, although Liverpool made the final last season.
The last Champions League meeting between two English sides took place last season when Liverpool knocked out Manchester City in the last eight.
The quarter-final first legs take place on 9 April and 10 April. The semi-finals start on 30 April and 1 May before the final on Saturday, 1 June.
Can teams from the same city play at home on the same night?
In short, no.
Manchester City and Manchester United cannot play at home on the same day or even consecutive nights and therefore the team which finished lower in the Premier League last season – in this case United – will be forced to reverse the tie if they both draw home legs first.
In the case of Arsenal and Chelsea in the Europa League, the Gunners have a “lower priority” than the FA Cup winners so their fixture would be reversed if necessary.
Liverpool midfielder James Milner: “To have four teams in the last eight is great for England. I don’t want to play any of the others, to be honest. We want as many teams as possible going forward.
“In previous years, we have always had the belief that the Premier League is the best in the world. But it has been a top league and there haven’t been that many teams [in the latter stages].
“Every team left in the competition is a good side. We know that. People will look at Porto and Ajax, but they are young teams and they are flying. They deserve to be there and we know they will be tough teams.”
Wales manager Ryan Giggs on why former club Manchester United can win the competition: “I don’t see why not when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s gone to Pari St-Germain with the team he’s got and won.
“There are worse teams that have done well and got to finals. They have undoubtedly got the quality and the confidence at the moment. But there are still some big teams in there. It will be difficult, but not impossible.
“They are playing brilliantly and the results have been amazing.”
The best stats before the draw
- There are as many English teams in the quarter-finals of this season’s Champions League as there were in the previous four campaigns combined (four).
- This is the first time that Spain will have just one representative in the Champions League quarter-finals since 2009-10.
- There will be no German side in the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since 2005-06.
- Ajax are the first Dutch side to reach the Champions League quarter-finals since PSV Eindhoven in 2006-07.
- Ajax have had a younger starting XI on average (24 years, 202 days) in the Champions League this season than any other side left in the competition.
- Porto have had more different goalscorers (excluding own goals) than any other team in this season’s Champions League (10).
- Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has now qualified for the Champions League quarter-finals in nine of his 10 campaigns as manager, with 2016-17 the only season he failed to do so.
- Barcelona have reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the 12th successive season, last failing to do so in the 2006-07 campaign.
- Tottenham have qualified for the quarter-finals of the European Cup/Champions League for the third time in the club’s history, last doing so back in 2010-11.
English teams dominating the Champions League
For the first time in 10 seasons, four teams from one country will compete in the last eight of the Champions League.
England are the only country to have had four in the draw.
It evokes memories of the 2000s and the two successive seasons that England provided four quarter-finalists (along with six finalists in five years and two winners – Liverpool in 2005 and Manchester United in 2008).
| Teams from each country in last eight of Champions League this century | ||||||
| Spain | England | Germany | Italy | France | Other | |
| 2018-19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017-18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015-16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014-15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2013-14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012-13 | 3 | 0 | 2* | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011-12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010-11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009-10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2008-09 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007-08 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006-07 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005-06 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004-05 | 0* | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003-04 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002-03 | 3 | 1* | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001-02 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000-01 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999-00 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1* | 0 | 1 |
(BBC SPORT)
