Champions League: Five English teams into the knockout stage for the first time
Premier League clubs have created Champions League history, with five qualifying for the knockout stage.
Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham have all progressed, making England the first country to have five teams in the competition's last 16.
This was also the first time the Premier League had five representatives in the group stage, United earning their place by winning the Europa League last season.
| Performance of teams from Europe's big four leagues | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Win % |
| England | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 80 | 26 | +54 | 70 |
| Spain | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 43 | 24 | +19 | 45.8 |
| Italy | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 44.4 |
| Germany | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 39 | 0 | 38.8 |
Most points and most wins
English sides have been dominant in the group stages.
Tottenham topped a tough Group H that also included Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund, finishing on 16 points - more than any other team managed in the group stage.
Liverpool were the second-highest scorers, hitting 23 goals in their six games. Only PSG (25) managed more, and three of the top six scorers were Premier League clubs.
[an error occurred while processing this directive]Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham all finished top of their groups. It is the first time since 2006-07 that four English teams have finished first in a single group campaign.
And the English clubs' collective win percentage - 70% - has only been bettered twice - in 2013-14 (English clubs with 70.8%) and 2014-15 (Spanish clubs with 70.8%).
Has any country had five teams in the Champions League before?
Once - Spain in 2015-16, when Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Valencia were joined by Europa League winners Sevilla.
Barcelona and the two Madrid clubs won their respective groups, but Valencia and Sevilla failed to reach the knockout stage.
Barca lost in the quarter-finals to Atletico, who were beaten in the final by city rivals Real on penalties.
| Number of clubs in Champions League quarter-finals since 2012-13 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | Spain | Germany | France | Italy | Portugal | Turkey | |
| 2012-13 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013-14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014-15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015-16 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016-17 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |