Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says English football should offer no apologies for their domination of the Champions League.

"It is down to the quality of the work done inside the country and England should be proud," said Wenger. "I can see some people are not happy with that but England has created top quality.

"The ones who lift the standards should be admired and copied. They should not be the victims of jealousy."

Wenger also took a swipe at FIFA president Sepp Blatter's archaic plans to introduce foreign quotas.

He said: "It is the responsibility of FIFA to lift the quality of the game as high as possible, not to divide the top players from each other because then you cut the quality and they do not improve any more.

"Football has to create the opportunity for the best to measure themselves with the best. That's what top-level competition is about. In England that is happening at the moment and I don't know why it should be stopped."