Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has hailed the strength of the Premier League with three teams already in the Champions League quarterfinals.

His side joined Tottenham and Manchester United in the last eight with a ruthless 10-2 aggregate victory over Schalke on Tuesday.

Liverpool can still qualify if they defeat Bayern Munich on Wednesday.

The last time three English teams made the quarter-finals was in 2011.

"It is nice for English football that three teams are there in the quarter-finals and Liverpool too, maybe." said Guardiola.

"In the last decade Spanish teams controlled everything. It is good for us. For English football it's incredible."