Manchester United defeated Tottenham Hotspur 3 - 0 with a dominant display that enhanced their Champions
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Antonio Conte's sit in 5th and drew 1 - 1 home against West Ham — further damaging their Champions
League qualification hopes.
Two late goals from Aaron Ramsey and Mathieu Flamini took the game away from the Hammers, and kept Arsene Wenger's side's Champions
League qualification hopes well on track.
Should we fail to win this weekend, we will likely fall five points behind Manchester United, as well as nine points behind Liverpool whilst having played two times less, leaving our Champions
League qualification hopes in tatters.
Not exact matches
Just watching all four teams who were above us last season and I'm fearfull we might not get our top four back anytime soon, I
hope I'm totally wrong but on the performance I've seen this weekend from them our best shot is the the Europa
league by winning it thus automatic
qualifications into champions
league but out Mr know all manager is being deluded as usual thinking we are good enough to win the premiership again I
hope I'm proved wrong
The Club of the Principality will be
hoping to crash the Champions
League party and secure
qualification for Europe's premier continental club competition for next season.
Should he sign as expected, the focus will have to quickly switch to Sassuolo on Sunday as the Rossoneri will be desperate to finish the campaign in positive fashion and keep their slim
hopes of Champions
League qualification alive until the last game of the season.
It's Arsenal's best
hope of Champions
League qualification.
Heading back after the winter break, the Rossoneri sit in fifth place in Serie A, just two points adrift of the top three as they
hope to secure
qualification for the Champions
League.
However, it's essential that they do so for their own
hopes of breaking into the top four and securing a
qualification spot for the Champions
League.
Still 3 players short of being serious tittle contenders another cb, dm and striker all needed not convinced wenger will buy 3 players maybe 2 max but believe 1 of them will be a big signing only thing prob holding up deal is champions
league qualification first
hope its reus we have chance as dortmund appear to have changed there stance in whether they can keep him would be a fantastic signing and still leave funds to cover other 2 positions we really need to make these signings if we are to have any chance of challenging in all competitions!
Sao Paulo's new manager Emerson Leao took charge of his first game in Asuncion and will be extremely disappointed to have been eliminated, especially with the Tricolor's
hopes of Copa Libertadores
qualification via the
league slipping away.
In turn, their
hopes of finishing in the top four and securing
qualification for the Champions
League are at real risk and coupled with Wenger's future still being uncertain, it has led to criticism from supporters and protests against him staying on beyond this season.
How did it get to this stage again??? With the current state, Europa
league qualification is best we can
hope for at end of season
Despite going on a 13 - game unbeaten run without conceding in 584 minutes of football along with booking a spot in the Coppa Italia final and reigniting their
hopes of a Champions
League qualification spot, Donnarumma's agent, Mino Raiola, continues to urge his client to move away from the San Siro.
Fulham edged past CSKA Moscow to keep up their
hopes of
qualification for the knock out stages of the Europa
League.
The Tangerines finished fifth in the SPL last season, and will be
hoping to push on and get in to contention for the Europa
League qualification places next time round.
Liverpool's dismal 1 - 0 defeat at the hands of Hull City continued their poor run of form and seriously damaged their faint
hopes of Champions
League qualification, causing quite a stir on Twitter.
The odds still favour Liverpool to make the Champions
League qualification spots, and an 18 match unbeaten streak at least counts for progress over the past few months if not much else, indeed, a 1 - 0 loss hardly comes at the cost of all that progress, it is merely a setback, and considering Liverpool's trajectory over the past two and a half years, a setback which we can reasonably
hope will be overcome soon enough.
West Ham look to sneak a first win at Stamford Bridge since 2002 against a fast fading and disinterested Chelsea side that now has no
hope of Champion's
League qualification.
The Cottagers are just two points off Norwich in 17th place, but Tim Sherwood will
hope his Spurs team can deny Fulham the three points they crave, despite Spurs set to miss out on a Champions
League qualification spot.
Mourinho has given up on United's
hopes of securing Champions
League qualification via the league and fielded a weakened team in last Sunday's 2 - 0 defeat at Ar
League qualification via the
league and fielded a weakened team in last Sunday's 2 - 0 defeat at Ar
league and fielded a weakened team in last Sunday's 2 - 0 defeat at Arsenal.
Meanwhile,
hopes of Champions
League qualification via the Premier
League are hanging on by a thread.
If United miss out on Champions
League qualification, Van Gaal can only
hope the emergence of his younger squad members will convince the United board to allow him to continue his project and that the good times are just around the corner.
Liverpool and Manchester City remain in the driving seat for Champions
League qualification but Arsenal - who kept their
hopes alive with victory over Manchester United at the weekend - can leapfrog United into fifth if they beat Southampton on Wednesday.
This derby will be a do - or - die situation for both clubs since Spurs» title
hopes can diminish if they lose this one, and Arsenal's Champions
League qualification dreams can die if they end up being the losing side.
Chelsea's faint
hopes of finishing in the top four and securing Champions
League qualification were all but dashed by London rivals West Ham, who earned a share of the spoils at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
The 2 - 0 victory over Manchester United was Wenger's first
league win over the Portuguese at the 13th attempt and kept the hopes of Champions League qualification
league win over the Portuguese at the 13th attempt and kept the
hopes of Champions
League qualification
League qualification alive.
The manager
hopes to have his English midfield pair back in training prior to the Watford game at the beginning of May, when he'll be
hoping to be well on the way to Champions
League qualification.
Milan closed off September with six points, which isn't good enough for a team
hoping to hit the heights of Champions
League qualification.
The data may indeed be skewed by the fact his appearances have been few and far between but his numbers suggest he is deserving of more chances as other players are struggling and could prove crucial as Chelsea cling on to
hope of Champions
League qualification.
However, though once standard bearers for the strength of the English game, both sides come into the fixture in search of a victory that would salvage pride and fuel
hopes of Champions
League qualification, following turbulent league camp
League qualification, following turbulent
league camp
league campaigns.
Olivier Giroud came off the bench to score twice as Chelsea came from two goals down to beat struggling Southampton 3 - 2 and keep alive their
hopes of Champions
League qualification.
Lacazette's return from injury will be a welcome boost for Arsenal, who are now
hoping to progress to the next round of the Europa
League as they pursue victory in the tournament and subsequent
qualification for the Champions
League next season.
Arsenal are on track to miss out on Champions
League football for the second season in a row and have hung all
hopes on winning the Europa
League to secure
qualification.
It was a similar story on Tuesday as well in the Champions
League as United slumped to a 2 - 2 draw at home to Benfica, a result which leaves their
qualification hopes on a knife - edge.
The Red Devils host Chelsea, this evening with the United manager facing his former club,
hoping to get three points in the race for Champions
League qualification.
No longer cast the lurking challengers down in fifth
hoping to snag a low key finish in the automatic
qualification spots for the Champions
League group stages, Mauricio Pochettino's side are hitting form at the perfect moment to strike out at and close the gap on leaders Chelsea.